The Array Cast

Array Cast - November 10, 2023 Show NotesThis link will take you to the Show notes on the ArrayCast website: https://www.arraycast.com/episode66-show-notes

Array Cast - October 27, 2023 Show NotesThis link will take you to the Show notes on the ArrayCast website: https://www.arraycast.com/episode65-show-notes

Physicists learning through experimentation, announcement about ArrayGrounds and Beacon, exploring higher order combinators, invisible modifier train in J programming, importance of tacit knowledge in learning, operators and modifiers in J programming, understanding verb trains and modifier trains, function operators and syntax confusion, forks and trains in combinatorial logic, building verbs and structures, value of different languages with their own APIs, exploring Cue language and its unique features, invisible modifiers and hyper operators.

Promotions expert and speaker, Aaron Hsu, discusses the Uiua stack-based array language. They explore other programming languages like BQN and K, as well as the history of the array model. The podcast covers topics such as jagged arrays, non-rectangular data, and the implementation of the language in Rust. They also touch on the challenges of running BQN and Rust with a CBQN binding.

Array Cast - September 15, 2023 Show Notes[01] 00:01:50 J Primer https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Help/Primer/Title              APLCart https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APLcart              Request for link for J Wiki Browser edward DOT j DOT gottsman AT gmail DOT com              Video demo of the J wiki browser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emVBSN6EZFI              Putting JHS on AWS https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation/Cloud              J on iOS https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/iOS[02] 00:07:05 Looking for APLwiki administrators https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Ad%C3%A1m_Brudzewskyhttps://aplwiki.com/wiki/Adám_Brudzewsky#External_links              Contact AT ArrayCast DOT Com[03] 00:10:01 Singeli Music Genre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singeli              Singeli Programming Language https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/tree/master#readme              Singeli Interactive Playground https://github.com/dzaima/singeliPlayground[04] 00:12:35 Venn Diagram of Array languages https://twitter.com/code_report/status/1570069385548537857              "What Makes a Language an Array Programming Language" on the ArrayCast https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode36-what-makes-an-array-language              Tuples in Singeli https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/tree/master#tuples[05] 00:14:22 Arrays in C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_programming#Arrays              Generator in Singeli https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/tree/master#generators              k Programming Languages https://aplwiki.com/wiki/K              Singeli Tutorials               Interpreter https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/blob/master/doc/interpreter.md               Compiler https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/blob/master/doc/compiler.md               Purity and Ford write a min filter https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/blob/master/doc/minfilter.md[06] 00:16:50 Closures in programming languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_(computer_programming)              Python Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)[07] 00:21:15 Types in Singeli https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/tree/master#types              C Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_programming[08] 00:24:03 Program Compilation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler              Program Interpretation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreter_(computing)[09] 00:25:54 C++ Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B              Intermediate Representation IR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_representation[10] 00:29:51 C++ Monomorphization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomorphization#[11] 00:39:38 Aaron Hsu Codfns Compiler https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Co-dfns              Aaron Hsu on the ArrayCast https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode19-aaron-hsu              TryAPL https://aplwiki.com/wiki/TryAPL[12] 00:44:25 Single Assignment C https://www.sac-home.org/index              Bob Bernecky on the ArrayCast https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode55-bob-bernecky[13] 00:48:23 CBQN https://github.com/dzaima/CBQN/tree/master#readme              Rust Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(programming_language)              BQN Programming Language https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN/blob/master/README.md[14] 00:52:30 Template Level Meta-Programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_metaprogramming[15] 00:57:14 X86 Assembler Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_instruction_listings[16] 00:58:16 GPU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPU              Shader Programming Languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shader              Zig Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig_(programming_language)              Haskell Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_programming[17] 01:01:03 Bartosz Milewski C++ Metą Programming videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ifzK3b8QQ&list=PL1835A90FC78FF8BE[18] 01:01:56 D Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_programming[19] 01:03:25 Kinds in Singeli https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/tree/master#kinds-of-value[20] 01:06:37 Singeli Tutorials               Interpreter https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/blob/master/doc/interpreter.md               Compiler https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/blob/master/doc/compiler.md               Purity and Ford write a min filter https://github.com/mlochbaum/Singeli/blob/master/doc/minfilter.md[21] 01:07:30 "What is the Problem" ArrayCast Episode https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode53-what-is-the-problem[22] 01:11:40 Linguist https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-an-extension-to-a-languagehttps://github.com/search?type=code&q=path%3A*.bqn+NOT+is%3Afork              CodeReport Videos https://www.youtube.com/c/codereport[23] 01:17:48 Contact AT ArrayCast DOT Com              APL Farm Discord/Matrix  https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_Farm

Array Cast - September 1, 2023 Show NotesThanks to Bob Therriault, Lynn Sutherland and Adám Brudzewsky for gathering these links:[01] 00:01:34 2023 APL Problem Solving Results https://www.dyalog.com/news/156/420/2023-APL-Problem-Solving-Competition-Winners.htm              Dyalog System Admin/Enterprise Architect opening https://www.dyalog.com/careers.htm#sysadmin[02] 00:02:18 BQN Licensing change to MPL https://github.com/dzaima/CBQN/tree/master#licensing[03] 00:03:11 Contact Stephen about q tutorials sjt AT 5jt DOT com[04] 00:04:51 Nial Programming Language https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Nial              APL Farm discord https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_Farm              Alberta Research Council/Alberta Innovates https://albertainnovates.ca/              National Resource Council https://nrc.canada.ca/en/corporate/about-nrc              MaRS Institute https://www.marsdd.com/[05] 00:11:12 Queens University https://www.queensu.ca/              Mike Jenkins https://www.cs.queensu.ca/people/Mike/Jenkins                           https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-jenkins-1ba84915/              Trenchard More https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenchard_More[06] 00:14:10 Procedural Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_programming              VAX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX              IBM PC XT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_XT[07] 00:17:20 Nested Array Theory https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Array_model#Nested_array_theory[08] 00:18:43 Jim Brown https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Jim_Brown[09] 00:25:14 Computer Language Magazine https://archive.org/details/computerlanguage              Carl McCrosky https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-mccrosky-b936051/              Intel AVX512 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVX-512[10] 00:27:21 OpenAI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI              Triton OpenAI https://openai.com/research/triton[11] 00:29:31 APL 84 Helsinki https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_conference#1984[12] 00:31:15 Dyalog https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Dyalog_APL              KX https://kx.com/              Julia Programming Language https://julialang.org/              Clojure Programming Language https://clojure.org/              Unix Operating System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix              Red Hat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat              Sun Microsystems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_microsystems[13] 00:34:15 Matlab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matlab[14] 00:38:09 Java Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_programming              BQN Programming Language Modifiers https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/doc/ops.html#modifiers              J Programming Language Gerunds https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/GerundsAndAtomicRepresentation[15] 00:40:39 Nial tutorial https://www.nial-array-language.org/ndocs/intro/[16] 00:42:25 Strand Notation https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Strand_notation              Combinators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic              Nial Atlas https://www.nial-array-language.org/ndocs/NialDict2.html#atlas              Point free programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_programming[17] 00:44:43 eachboth https://www.nial-array-language.org/ndocs/dict/#eachboth[18] 00:46:56 q Programming Language https://code.kx.com/q/learn/startingkdb/language/              peach https://code.kx.com/q/basics/peach/              J threads https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/tcapdot#dyadic[19] 00:51:25 Nial website https://www.nial-array-language.org/[20] 00:52:37 Order of Operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations[21] 00:55:00 Javascript Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript              Unary Functions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unary_functions              Smalltalk Programming Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk[22] 01:02:50 TIO Nial Examples               https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/P7EstSgxPVUhs1hBP7q4NFdHoSQxJ6cy1pqrvCizJFUBJm@oYKRgrGDy/z8A               https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQVtBS0HD0EDByEATSCsYaf7/DwA               https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQVvB0EDByEBBS8FQwej/fwA               https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQUNbwdBAwchAQUvBUMFI8/9/AA               https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQVtBw9BAwchAU0ELyFIw0vz/HwA               https://tio.run/##y8tMzPn/v7wosyRVQcPQQEFDK1pXRztWU8FI8/9/AAOnline Nial Interpreter https://niallang.github.io/NIAL_WASM/[23] 01:17:48 Contact AT ArrayCast DOT Com

Rob Pike, creator of the Go programming language, discusses the influence of APL on Go and the power of APL in numerical calculations. They explore the elegance and problem-solving approaches in array languages, as well as the challenges of implementing multi-dimensional arrays in Go. The chapter also delves into the factors that separate individuals who are intrigued by APL from those who are not.

Array Cast - August 4, 2023 Show NotesThanks to Bob Therriault and AdámBrudzewsky for gathering these links:[01] 00:01:49 Stephen's book contributions sjt AT 5jt DOT com              Dyalog User Meeting https://www.dyalog.com/user-meetings/dyalog23.htm[02] 00:04:19 Henry ArrayCast episodes              ArrayCast Episode #6 https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode-06-henry-richs-deep-dive-into-j              ArrayCast Episode #18 https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode18-henry-rich-presents-j903              ArrayCast Episode #48 https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode48-henry-rich              ArrayCast Episode #50 https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode50-fold              APL Farm Discord https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_Farm[03] 00:10:40 Todd Rundgren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Rundgren[04] 00:13:00 J's Extended Integer type https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/Constants#Extended_Integers              lib.gmp https://gmplib.org/              Infinity in J https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/Constants#Infinity              Endianness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness[05] 00:20:25 NaN or Indeterminate in J https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/Indeterminate              Null in K https://k.miraheze.org/wiki/Null%3F[06] 00:25:46 Fixed point type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_arithmetic[07] 00:29:30 Floating Point Math https://0.30000000000000004.com              NARS2000 https://aplwiki.com/wiki/NARS2000              J constants https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/Constants[08] 00:35:20 Hilbert Matrix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert_matrix[09] 00:37:00 Kamila Lisp https://aplwiki.com/wiki/KamilaLisp              Euler's Formula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_formula              Dyalog Idioms https://help.dyalog.com/latest/#Language/Introduction/Idiom%20Recognition/Idiom%20List.htm              Roger's Comments https://www.dyalog.com/blog/2015/12/apl-puns/[10] 00:39:00 World Math Day https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLQA.htm#worldmathsday              Complex Floor https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Complex_floor[11] 00:44:50 Dyalog Time Functions https://help.dyalog.com/latest/#Language/System%20Functions/dt.htm              French Republican Calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar              Proleptic Gregorian calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proleptic_Gregorian_calendar              Leap year rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year              Microsoft Date Time Picker https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime.ticks?view=net-7.0[12] 00:48:20 Ben Deane Calendrical C++ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD8HQl1fU5Y[13] 00:53:24 Rosetta Code https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Rosetta_Code              J Wiki https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page[14] 00:59:13 Ktye https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL%5Civ              April https://aplwiki.com/wiki/April              ArrayCast Episode #23 https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode23-andrew-sengul[15] 01:00:47 Scrabble word list Collins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_Scrabble_Words              NWL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASPA_Word_List              Official Scrabble Players Dictionary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Scrabble_Players_Dictionary[16] 01:03:50 Contact AT ArrayCast DOT com

Array Cast - July 21, 2023 Show NotesThanks to Bob Therriault, Conor Hoekstra, and Adam Paszke for gathering these links:[01] 00:01:49 J on AWS https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation/Cloud              KXcon '23 videos https://kx.com/kx-con-23-recordings/              KXcon '23 ArrayCast review episode https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode54-kxcon23[02] 00:04:10 PyTorch https://pytorch.org/              Dex Programming Language https://github.com/google-research/dex-lang/              Coursera https://www.coursera.org/[03] 00:07:48 Torch7 https://github.com/torch/torch7              Torch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_(machine_learning)              Lua Programming Language https://www.lua.org/              Python Programming Language https://www.python.org/              Alpha Go documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaGo_(film)              Tensorflow Programming Language https://www.tensorflow.org/              LuaJIT interpreter  https://luajit.org/[04] 00:15:43 Automatic differention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_differentiation[05] 00:18:25 GPU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit              TPU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_Processing_Unit4[06] 00:20:56 Machine Learning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning[07] 00:29:30 AutoGrad Library https://autograd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/              JAX https://github.com/google/jax              Vectorization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectorization[08] 00:33:10 Dex White Paper 4 pages https://openreview.net/pdf?id=rJxd7vsWPS              Dex White Paper 20 pages https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.05372.pdf              Dex Tutorial https://google-research.github.io/dex-lang/examples/tutorial.html              MatLab Programming Language https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html[09] 00:35:40 Rank Polymorphism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parametric_polymorphism#Higher-rank_polymorphism[10] 00:37:42 Futhark Programming Language https://futhark-lang.org/              Dex and Futhark https://futhark-lang.org/blog/2020-12-28-futhark-and-dex.html              ArrayCast Episode with Troels Henriksen https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode37-futhark[11] 00:39:00 Haskell Programming Language https://www.haskell.org/[12] 00:40:30 Ad Hoc Polymorphism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc_polymorphism              Parametric Polymorphism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parametric_polymorphism              NumPy Python Library https://numpy.org/[13] 00:46:15 CUDA GPU Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA[14] 00:53:13 XLA JAX compiler https://hpc.nih.gov/apps/JAX.html[15] 00:56:57 Triton OpenAI https://openai.com/research/triton[17] 01:01:44 Languish language tracker https://tjpalmer.github.io/languish/              LLMs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model[18] 01:05:43 github/google/Jax              github/google-research/dex-lang[19] 01:08:00 Nix https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/nix_integration/[20] 01:09:25 Adam's secret project - TBA[21] 01:10:28 Contact AT ArrayCast DOT com

Ken Iverson, a renowned figure in the field of array programming, discusses learning and teaching array programming languages. The speakers explore different approaches to learning array languages and the challenges involved in transitioning from other programming paradigms. They emphasize the importance of mentorship and mention various educational resources. The chapter also delves into the advantages and disadvantages of different teaching methods, including tutorials, videos, and diagrams. The speakers highlight the excitement of working with QV code and the benefits of interpreted array languages. They also touch upon the challenges of working with fixed recordings and the process of choosing between different approaches to problem-solving.