Discussion: new operators for numerical computation

[Bjorn Pettersen]

Huaiyu Zhu wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:12:18 -0400, Paul Barrett <Barrett at STScI.Edu> wrote:
> >
> >The one issue that concerns me about this discussion is the continued narrow
> >focus to emulate Matlab syntax to the exclusion of more general N-dimensional
> >operations.  I can see the need for some more general operators, but I'm not
> >for any of this, if all we're doing is defining 2-D Matlab syntax.   I
> >suggest the Matlab people take a look at APL or J to get a broader
> >perspective of array languages.

[snip]

> OTOH, would you care to give a brief summary of how these other languages
> deal with these issues?  It may indeed provide valuable insight.

I agree with Paul, if you want to use Matlab syntax, use Matlab. Here's
links to APL/J info http://www.acm.org/sigapl/links.htm

enjoy,
-- bjorn