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It is BQN, a descendant language

by icen 1y ago

pavlov 1y ago
Why is it BQN instead of BQM? Clearly the idea was to increment every letter from APL, but then they had to go one further on the third letter.
- mlochbaum 1y ago
  It's just. So gross. Say it. Sudden interruption of slime coming up your throat. Like walking out the door into a spiderweb. Alphabetically I was mistaken but in every way that matters I was right.
  - pavlov 1y ago
    Hmm. I guess it if was BQM, it would be pronounced “bequem” which means comfortable in German. And a comfortable APL is clearly an oxymoron.
    - mlochbaum 1y ago
      Ordinarily I'd make fun of the Germans for giving such an ugly name to a nice concept, but I've always found "comfortable" to be rather unpleasant too (the root "comfort" is fine).
- hinkley 1y ago
  I’m hoping they pronounce it “beacon” but the off by one error jokes also just write themselves.
  - rscho 1y ago
    No, it's 'bacon' :-)
- ModernMech 1y ago
  They were following a Fibonacci sequence.
- taolson 1y ago
  Supposedly it stands for "Big Questions Notation", but that could just be a backronym.
- cenamus 1y ago
  I'm somewhat sure the author actually mentioned that that was the intention, "Big Question Notation" and basically "apl" + 1. But he realized that it didn't match up
- BoiledCabbage 1y ago
  This actual answer according the the author realized after he already liked the name. He created it intending to be +1 of APL. Accidentally came up with BQN instead of BQM. Sat with that for 1hr, really liked the name, then realized that it should be BQM which he hated, so he stuck with BQN. That said, it's and incredibly designed language. I honestly have never read any language (especially not designed by a single person) with the level of creative thought as he put into BQN. Some really incredible insights and deep understanding. It's amazing reading his posts / documentation about it. The focus on ergonomics, brand new constructs and the consistency/coherence of how all of his decisions fit together is really impressive.
  - layer8 1y ago
    So, you write bequations in it? ;)

It is BQN, a descendant language

by icen 1y ago

It is BQN, a descendant language

Why is it BQN instead of BQM? Clearly the idea was to increment every letter from APL, but then they had to go one further on the third letter.

mlochbaum 1y ago
It's just. So gross. Say it. Sudden interruption of slime coming up your throat. Like walking out the door into a spiderweb. Alphabetically I was mistaken but in every way that matters I was right.
- pavlov 1y ago
  Hmm. I guess it if was BQM, it would be pronounced “bequem” which means comfortable in German. And a comfortable APL is clearly an oxymoron.
  - mlochbaum 1y ago
    Ordinarily I'd make fun of the Germans for giving such an ugly name to a nice concept, but I've always found "comfortable" to be rather unpleasant too (the root "comfort" is fine).
hinkley 1y ago
I’m hoping they pronounce it “beacon” but the off by one error jokes also just write themselves.
- rscho 1y ago
  No, it's 'bacon' :-)
ModernMech 1y ago
They were following a Fibonacci sequence.
taolson 1y ago
Supposedly it stands for "Big Questions Notation", but that could just be a backronym.
cenamus 1y ago
I'm somewhat sure the author actually mentioned that that was the intention, "Big Question Notation" and basically "apl" + 1. But he realized that it didn't match up
BoiledCabbage 1y ago
This actual answer according the the author realized after he already liked the name. He created it intending to be +1 of APL. Accidentally came up with BQN instead of BQM. Sat with that for 1hr, really liked the name, then realized that it should be BQM which he hated, so he stuck with BQN. That said, it's and incredibly designed language. I honestly have never read any language (especially not designed by a single person) with the level of creative thought as he put into BQN. Some really incredible insights and deep understanding. It's amazing reading his posts / documentation about it. The focus on ergonomics, brand new constructs and the consistency/coherence of how all of his decisions fit together is really impressive.
- layer8 1y ago
  So, you write bequations in it? ;)