why218

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by why218 1y ago
im not sure about about klong as it is a hobby project but official veriants of k and q(the wordified k that is somewhat popular in finance) are supposedly quite fast. In the world of industry that is actually these languages main claim to
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by why218 1y ago
even for actual calculations? if so then touche. But (and I may be wrong) I feel like this comment is coming from a place of I need to look up some formula which for some other task. Like say im making a video game and I want some geometry
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by why218 1y ago
one of the biggest differences between the k way and the python way too is actually limitation. in practice python has a bunch of stuff that doesnt fit too well together necessarily but that you can put together to make whatever you want of
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by why218 1y ago
My point with math is not that this only applies to fundamentally math like things but that these languages do for programming what the math notation does for math problems for me. "if i am thinking about any problem, its outside the s
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by why218 1y ago
Yes as someone who was exposed to kanji as a child I can say that at least for me the experience is nearly identical
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by why218 1y ago
Well some of what you mentioned has been implemented in array languages and some like superscript and sub script was part of the original apl book (the book on the notation pre the implentation). Its somewhat ironic, orignally apl was suppo
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by why218 1y ago
I think there is literally nothing I could say that would change your mind. You've already decided what you think. There are a number of benefits but none that I could write out and have you someone who is uninterested immediately take
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by why218 1y ago
I think that the vast majority of people who complain that these languages are unreadable and who insinuate that people who use and like them are basically just showing off are fundamentally uninterested in the possibility that there are po