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- Subject: Re: ideas for lambda syntax
- From: Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:09:23 +0200
2013/4/13 Ross Bencina <rossb-lists@audiomulch.com>:
> For what it's worth I thought 'end' should be a square box not a round
> bullet. Maybe box has a different meaning in APL?
In most APL dialects a big box means stdin/stdout treated as a variable,
e.g.
data←⎕
⍝ do some computations
⎕←answer
There's no small box, I used a diamond instead as being a box rotated 45°.
But I like the bullet, it has the mnemonic value of a FULL stop.