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Re:The Q Language by tree_of_item on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @05:47PM (#15910192)
They are using APL. This style is used in APL/J/K/etc implementations as well as the languages themselves.
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Re:The Q Language by modeless on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:45PM (#15910626)
I don't think it's a good idea to import the style of a language into its implementation written in a different language; at least, not to this extent. When in Rome...
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Re:The Q Language by mallaidh on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @07:10PM (#15910783)
It's how Whitney's always done it:

http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/Incunabulum

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