Re:k on pdp11
by rak1507 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @07:52PM
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There aren't really that many, not when you compare it to the total number of python/ruby functions that would be roughly equivalent. (Ignoring the fact a lot of k functions operate by default on matrices and other nested structures in ways that python/ruby/etc can't really do at all)
Yes, it's dense, but that's by design. And in a vacuum it may seem like replacing @ with amend wouldn't have much of a difference, which is true. But replacing every character with the same word (which is tricky - because it's hard to precisely define things, and some characters have multiple meanings) would end up with a line of k turning into a page of prose, losing the mathematical nature of it in the first place.
Yes, it's dense, but that's by design. And in a vacuum it may seem like replacing @ with amend wouldn't have much of a difference, which is true. But replacing every character with the same word (which is tricky - because it's hard to precisely define things, and some characters have multiple meanings) would end up with a line of k turning into a page of prose, losing the mathematical nature of it in the first place.