If you you want to experiment with this stuff, my project needs help. 😃
I will ask again in 6 years.
Xtian.
On 2021-02-22 14:36, Dr. Jürgen Sauermann wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> I can't quite follow the argument that :IF/:ELSE etc. makes it easier for
> newcomers to learn APL. If I remember my learning of APL some decades
> ago correctly, then, coming straight from ALGOL and BASIC as my first
> "high-level" languages, I was overwhelmed by the large number of symbols
> in APL. Adding even more alternatives (read :IF/:ELSE) to the existing
> concepts (read: →) would most likely have confused me as a newcomer
> more than it would have helped me.
>
> I would also argue that a newcomer should first learn the core concepts of a
> language before being distracted by the non-standard extensions of some
> language dialects.
>
> Best Regards,
> Jürgen
>
>
> On 2/20/21 7:59 PM, Christian Robert wrote:
>> well I saw the new thrends aka Quad-XML, Quad-JSON, Quad-FFT and so on
>>
>> but I think thoses will never be used in real life or quite seldom.
>>
>> I really think that Juergen should be looking at
>>
>> :if/:elseif/:else/:endif
>>
>> :for var :in array
>> loop
>> :endfor
>>
>> :while condition:
>> loop
>> :endwhile
>>
>> :do
>> loop
>> :until condition
>>
>> this will eases newcommers to the language.
>>
>> I know that APL goal is to do a whole "program" in one or two lines of code...
>> but the language must accomodate newcommers.
>>
>> I asked for that several years ago (may me 8 or 10 years)
>>
>> Juergen ansewered at that time "this can be done" but I wont yet
>>
>> well my principal next improvements wish list is if/for/while/do_until
>>
>> my real though,
>>
>> Xtian.
>>
>