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Quote: del control primitive for APL; e.g., x.del.1000 repeats x 1000 times
Topic:
set-oriented languages
Topic:
control returning functions and expressions
Group:
repetitive control
Quotation Skeleton
only one primitive is needed for structure control; … In this proposal the symbol ".del." will be … [It] cannot be confused with [APL's] function definition … In its single-line use, the ".del." has an … the right is the controlling expression because it … [many times] the other action-expression should be treated. … For example ".box.<-'Thanks'.del.1000" will print one thousand times … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: set-oriented languages (20 items)
Topic: control returning functions and expressions (6 items)
Group: repetitive control (7 topics, 117 quotes)