Re: [Bug-apl] Defining APL functions with [ ]

[Elias Mårtenson]

As far as I understand, it's an extension that is unique to GNU APL.

Regards,

Elias

On 3 June 2014 10:37, Blake McBride <address@hidden> wrote:

Greetings,

APL-1 did not allow functions to be defined with [ and ] in the header.  I've seen it done in GNU APL as follows:

      ∇fun[⎕]∇

    ∇

[0]   fun[x]y

[1]   x

[2]   y

    ∇

      fun[4]55

4

55

I understand what is going on, but I was looking for it in the APL-2 manuals.  I couldn't find it in any of the IBM manuals (and the spec is unreadable to me).  So, my question is, where in the IBM APL-2 Language Manual is it shown?  Any place else?

Thanks.

Blake