mrys@ethz.UUCP (Michael Rys) (07/11/89)
In article <1387@l.cc.purdue.edu> cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes: >What languages, other than Lisp and some similar ones, have the idea that >an operation or function can return a string of values? Since I don't look at APL as LISP like, I would say that at least from a conceptual point of view, APL (with the extension of nested arrays (= lists)) is THE language for parallel processor machines. An APL function can (of course) return arrays of any dimensions as well as nested arrays of any length and depth (within the implementation boundaries of course). Look at the Connection Machine 1 where there is a LISP which has an additional APPLY function (idea was influenced by APL). >What languages allow the user to introduce additional operator >symbols? A few allow additional types. Now these deficiencies >in languages go back to day 1. In APL you don't need to introduce additional operator and functions, they are already there :-) BTW: May I ask the C folks to discuss intimate C problems outside of comp.lang.misc, then C is still not the world (neither is Pascal, APL, Ada et al.). Cheers...An APL addict since the early age of 12.../Michael +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Michael Rys, V. Conzett Str. 34; CH-8004 Zuerich; Switzerland | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | UUCP: mrys@ethz.UUCP or EAN: mrys@ifi.ethz.ch | | mrys@bernina.UUCP IPSANet: mrys@ipsaint | | Voice: +41 1 242 35 87 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darueber muss man schweigen. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus logico-philosophicus