Inspired by Ken Iverson’s paper “Notation as a Tool of Thought”, this podcast explores various aspects of notation, in the context of the APL programming language.
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Inspired by Ken Iverson’s paper “Notation as a Tool of Thought”, this podcast explores various aspects of notation, in the context of the APL programming language.
After establishing our new name, we look at graphical diagrams that implement the structure of a system, and compare to the evolution of Iverson Notation into today’s traditional user-defined functions in APL. We also discuss what aspects of that could be desirable in an integrated development environment.
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Inspired by Ken Iverson’s paper “Notation as a Tool of Thought”, this podcast explores various aspects of notation, in the context of the APL programming language.