Re: [Bug-apl] Question regarding the power operator (as in Dyalog APL)

[Juergen Sauermann]

Hi Thomas,

currently the power operator is not on my TODO list. I may implement it
at some point in time, but the mere fact that it is described in 
"Mastering Dyalog APL"
- which is a very good book - does not suffice.

In most cases the power operator can be replaced with a simple loop (I 
know that
the functional programmers don't like that :-) ) or by the EACH 
operator, eg.

(⍳5){Z←Z+1}¨Z←2

/// Jürgen


On 02/18/2014 01:15 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as a newbie to APL, I bought "Mastering Dyalog APL" in order to discover
> the language; I am aware that several variants exist, and I want to use
> GNU APL as much as possible because of its license.
>
> Coming from functional programming and J, I miss the "power" operator
> which is described in "Mastering Dyalog APL" and which does exist in J.
> In Dyalog APL, the symbol ⍣ (U2363) is mapped to such a feature, which is
> very useful for some "loopless pieces of code" as well as for inserting
> some "inline" conditional structures.
>
> Do you think such an operator may be implemented in GNU APL as well?
>
> Best regards,