apl

Jan
04

APL a Day #2: Arrays, Values

Last session belabored the function, it's relation to APL, and how APL's treatment of functions differs
2 min read
Jan
01

APL a Day #1: Functions

In early grade school mathematics, students already learn the concept of a function, but they do not know what they
3 min read
Dec
31

APL a Day #0: Introduction

The APL community seems ripe for a quick, simple, accessible daily series on APL, and here it is. What better
1 min read
Sep
12

Fun with APL: Rational Zeros Theorem

I had the occasion today to revisit the Rational Zeros Theorem [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RationalZeroTheorem.html]. It took me
2 min read
Jun
12

Battling Keyboard Layouts in Gnome 3

I like Gnome 3, a lot. I think it's one of the most productive, usable, and modern desktop
2 min read
Jun
11

Old School APL vs. D-fns

Looking at the D-fns code I am writing to build my Co-Dfns compiler. I have to wonder what kind of
Oct
07

Indexing Arrays

Lately I have been working on formalizing APL. One of the core problems related to the formalization of APL is
4 min read
Apr
24

You can APL

So, if any of you have been annoyed with the idea of having to actually install something just to try
Jan
30

TRM in APL

Larry Moss and some others have created an interesting little machine [http://www.indiana.edu/~iulg/trm/index.shtml] for
1 min read
Dec
16

Knuth on APL

Donald Knuth had this to say in an interview [http://tex.loria.fr/historique/interviews/knuth-clb1993.html] a while back:
1 min read