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John Earnest and Versions of k

The Array Cast

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K Is a Very Niche Language Compared to Other Languages Like Python or Rust or C++

K in general is a very niche language compared to languages like python or rust or c++. Among all of the major array languages if you pick any given dialect of k it is by far the smallest and simplest It's just asky there are a few digraphs, curly graces and brackets and things always match which is something that scares a lot of people about j. You could make your own implementation of python with a tremendous amount of difficulty and pain because it's a pretty hairy language yeah but then its entire ecosystem no way so you know it's uh small things that one person can implement have a lot of intrinsic benefits maybe it's a good thing this right? i don't really

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