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Comment by forgotpwd16

1 year ago

How those two compare?

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rscho  1 year ago

K specializes in financial data, i.e. lists of 1d arrays. Other APLs, and J, are more high-dimensional math oriented and specialize in true multidimensional arrays.

082349872349872  1 year ago

K is pragmatically business-oriented, J is what you get after you've been thinking about computing for half a century?

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