J VS NIM

J mentions (5)

• Thinking in an Array Language

  This is based on K. Another array language is J http://jsoftware.com In J this would be:

     dot =: +/ . *.

  - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• How do you Programm with esoteric languages?

  Does J count a "esoteric"? If so, I do directly write J code, interactively. It's often a sort of exploration, a dialogue with the interpreter. J's conciseness makes that quite pleasant. Source: 5 months ago

• I Completed All 8 Advents of Code in One Go: Here Are the Lessons I Learned.

  Sure. Advent_of_Code (AoC) is a computer programming competition that’s been running since 2015. Problems are released daily from 1 December for 24 days. That’s the Advent thing. Each registrant gets their own data and has to write a program that produces a matching solution unique to their data usually a single number. You get a star if you get the correct answer. There is a ranking based on how long from release... Source: about 1 year ago

• Solving Wordle with APL

  I started learning APL in 1974 and J about twenty years later. I think you’ll find J (https://jsoftware.com) will be easy to pickup. You have the APL idioms down pat. I have to relearn them as I don’t use either much these days. Source: about 2 years ago

• Array programming language(s) for 3d-graphics?

  I like J, from jsoftware.com. They came up with a genius way of representing all primitives with ascii characters combined with periods or colons (a couple of exceptions). If you download and install, go to the demos and labs to see 3D graphic implementations and all sorts of other examples of capabilities. Source: over 2 years ago

NIM mentions (0)