Krypto
In the 2016 Year Game, the task was to generate the numbers 0 to 100 using APL primitives and the digits 2 0 1 6 in that order. For example, 20=16 ×2016 2⌊016 2+×016 … This “puzzle of the year” brings to mind Krypto, a game I played many years ago while in grade school. […]
Welcome Marshall Lochbaum
Marshall joined Dyalog Ltd as a programming language implementor at the beginning of February 2017. He joins Dyalog with a wide variety in programming skills and languages such as J, C/C++, Javascript, x86, Python, Java, Haskell, Scala, MATLAB and Factor. Marshall has been involved in J programming and J’s implementation prior to joining Dyalog, and […]
Stencil Maneuvers
Introduction The e-mail arrived in the early afternoon from Morten, in Finland attending the FinnAPL Forest Seminar. How do I speed this up and impress the Finns? 0 cmpx ‘e←⊃∨/0.2 edges¨r g b’ 6.4E¯1 edges {⍺←0.7 ⋄ 1 1↓¯1 ¯1↓⍺<(|EdgeDetect apply ⍵)÷1⌈(+⌿÷≢),⍵} apply {stencil←⍺ ⋄ {+/,⍵×stencil}⌺(⍴stencil)⊢⍵} EdgeDetect ¯1 ¯1 ¯1 ¯1 8 ¯1 ¯1 ¯1 […]
Welcome Michael Baas
This year we have brought Michael Baas on board to provide local support for our German resellers and represent Dyalog more directly in the German market. Michael is an experienced APL developer who will be able to provide APL consultancy in German. He will also work as a member of the APL Tools Team internally within Dyalog. […]
