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by skruger 4y ago
Speaking for myself, I find that whenever I think "I just can't see how..." it makes me want to figure out what it is that others can see that I can't. This is the reason I learnt APL, actually, after seeing half a page
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by skruger 4y ago
There are a lot of comments of the type "it's unreadable/write-only/unmaintainable" here. It's a natural reaction; I know, I was there. It looks different. But readability is in the eyes of the beholder, not th
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by skruger 4y ago
Clojure is pretty sprightly, perhaps even prolific, surely. For example, if you're in any way interested in databases, you will have come across https://jepsen.io/ who do all their testing using Clojure.
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by skruger 4y ago
Arthur Whitney’s J Incunabulum: https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/Incunabulum
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What Is a “Healthy Food”?(nytimes.com)
2 points by skruger 4y ago|0 comments
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IBM's 'bare metal' LinuxONE push(theregister.com)
3 points by skruger 4y ago|1 comments
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by skruger 4y ago
https://phoenixframework.org/
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by skruger 4y ago
https://elm-lang.org/
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by skruger 4y ago
Wait, no APL?
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by skruger 4y ago
This will be the new soundtrack to my life. Many thanks, Matt
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The Big Business of Burying Carbon(wired.com)
2 points by skruger 4y ago|0 comments
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Detroit Industry Murals(artsandculture.google.com)
75 points by skruger 4y ago|33 comments
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Transform tacit APL into dfn form(tacit.help)
3 points by skruger 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Favourite Lesser-Known Alg?
22 points by skruger 4y ago|8 comments
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by skruger 4y ago
I use APL for any task I previously used Python for, involving grabbing some data typically via a json-over-http API, massaging, aggregating and otherwise combining it to produce summaries or reports. I've gradually rewritten my bunch
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by skruger 4y ago
If you haven't seen it, I wrote an intro to modern APL you might enjoy if you're starting out: https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl
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by skruger 4y ago
I am an APL-fan specifically because it's like a parallel universe where evolution took a different path: what are often considered anti-patterns in main stream languages is best practice in APL. It's a welcome relief from the str
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by skruger 4y ago
If you're familiar with both modern APL and the "Iverson ghost" NumPy, you'll likely find the latter a frustratingly crippled experience.
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by skruger 4y ago
I’ve written a gentle intro to APL for experienced programmers if you’re interested in making it a bit less incomprehensible: https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl
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by skruger 4y ago
Racket
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by skruger 4y ago
I’ve written a few things on APL and K for the learner. Links here: https://xpqz.github.io/about/
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by skruger 4y ago
Try “Learning APL” —- https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl Disclaimer: I’m the author
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by skruger 4y ago
If anyone is looking for some additional docs for ngn/k, I’ve written https://xpqz.github.io/kbook
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by skruger 5y ago
Burn it: https://www.gqmiddleeast.com/features/how-the-klf-burned-a-m...
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by skruger 5y ago
I have written a gentle intro to APL: https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl
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by skruger 5y ago
Learn APL. Back to the roots. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl
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by skruger 5y ago
For inspiration, here’s the full solution set for the 2015 edition in around 100 loc of k. Yes, all problems. https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blob/master/ad.k
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by skruger 5y ago
It really isn’t. Thousands of APL programmers read it perfectly well. I can’t read Japanese, but that doesn’t make it lacking in “readability”.
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by skruger 5y ago
There is a full pdf in the repo (if you know where to look). I should sign-post it a bit better. https://github.com/xpqz/learnapl/blob/main/contents/_build/p...
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by skruger 5y ago
I wrote an intro to APL as a jupyterbook and found it an excellent tool for the job https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl

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