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Re:What Learning APL Taught Me About Python by adalacelove on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:06AM (#37157837)
I think the key to array programming success was due to the possibility of having fast interpreted languages for numerical computing. I'm very used to programming in array languages (Matlab, Python, Julia and even Mathematica has lot of vectorized ops) and still I think a lot in terms of for loops.
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Re:What Learning APL Taught Me About Python by sideshowb on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:34AM (#37157994)
This. Ideally we'd have jitted python loops be efficient. I love array syntax for simple examples but for more complex ops a loop is often clearer.
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