Bqn "macros" with •decompose (2023)

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Bqn Programming LanguageMacrosFunctional Programming

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Bqn Programming Language

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The article explores implementing 'macros' in BQN using the •Decompose function, sparking discussion on the trade-offs and potential applications of this approach.

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pfdietz

3 months ago

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It took me a moment to realize what BQN was; I had never heard of it before.

UltraSane

3 months ago

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Almost no one has.

7thaccount

3 months ago

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It's well known in the array community.... which is practically nobody, so you're correct :)

It is exciting to see free and open source languages like this and uiua maturing though.

https://www.uiua.org/

UltraSane

2 months ago

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I really wish I could justify investing time learning these languages but the RoI is too low. Learning TLA+ seems to have a better RoI because LLMs are good at writing programs using a TLA+ specification.

7thaccount

2 months ago

I'm in a similar boat. It would be cool ...but how would I use it outside of hobbies.

adamgordonbell

3 months ago

My 2 cents on BQN: I am certainly a novice with array languages, but I know they have conceptual power.

    Looking for a modern, powerful language centered on Ken Iverson's array programming paradigm

    BQN aims to remove irregular and burdensome aspects of the APL tradition, and put the great ideas on a firmer footing.

And BQN seems like the closest thing to a 'modern' array language. Modern, meaning, looking like my biased version of what language should look like.

Open source, has namespaces, and you can define your own operators and so on.

Heard of it from conor hoekstra

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