Inspired by Ken Iverson’s paper “Notation as a Tool of Thought”, this podcast explores various aspects of notation, in the context of the APL programming language.
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Inspired by Ken Iverson’s paper “Notation as a Tool of Thought”, this podcast explores various aspects of notation, in the context of the APL programming language.
Pros and cons of APL’s functional forms, and in which situations they should and shouldn’t be used.
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Functional forms
Traditional function (“tradfn”)
Tacit function
Adám’s style guide
The APL Show podcast
Inspired by Ken Iverson’s paper “Notation as a Tool of Thought”, this podcast explores various aspects of notation, in the context of the APL programming language.