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As a big fan of tacit/point-free programming in general, I'm looking at different tacit programming systems for inspiration (for a language I'm creating). What are the advantages and disadvantages ...
#4: Post edited
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Wezl
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2021-04-30T16:30:06Z (over 3 years ago)
here, have a link
- As a big fan of tacit/point-free programming in general, I'm looking at different tacit programming systems for inspiration (for a language I'm creating). What are the advantages and disadvantages of these styles? Additional on-topic information is helpful.
- Some examples of "systems" I've looked at:
- - [Trains](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Tacit_programming#Trains.) such as in [J](https://www.jsoftware.com/)
- - [Combinatory logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic) like `compose`, `flip`, and currying in languages like Haskell.
- - [Concatenative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenative_programming_language) languages such as postscript and forth.
- - [Jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) has a unique (as far as I know) system where filters operate on streams, and function calling passes filters instead of values.
- Perl and others are point-free to some degree with `$_`.- Some things to compare:
- - Readability
- - Popularity
- - Performance?
- As a big fan of tacit/point-free programming in general, I'm looking at different tacit programming systems for inspiration (for a language I'm creating). What are the advantages and disadvantages of these styles? Additional on-topic information is helpful.
- Some examples of "systems" I've looked at:
- - [Trains](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Tacit_programming#Trains.) such as in [J](https://www.jsoftware.com/)
- - [Combinatory logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic) like `compose`, `flip`, and currying in languages like Haskell.
- - [Concatenative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenative_programming_language) languages such as postscript and forth.
- - [Jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) has a unique (as far as I know) system where filters operate on streams, and function calling passes filters instead of values.
- - Perl and others are point-free to some degree with [`$_`](https://perldoc.perl.org/perlvar#$_).
- Some things to compare:
- - Readability
- - Popularity
- - Performance?
#3: Post edited
by
Wezl
·
2021-04-30T16:27:20Z (over 3 years ago)
also perl I think
- As a big fan of tacit/point-free programming in general, I'm looking at different tacit programming systems for inspiration (for a language I'm creating). What are the advantages and disadvantages of these styles? Additional on-topic information is helpful.
- Some examples of "systems" I've looked at:
- - [Trains](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Tacit_programming#Trains.) such as in [J](https://www.jsoftware.com/)
- - [Combinatory logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic) like `compose`, `flip`, and currying in languages like Haskell.
- - [Concatenative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenative_programming_language) languages such as postscript and forth.
- - [Jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) has a unique (as far as I know) system where filters operate on streams, and function calling passes filters instead of values.
- Some things to compare:
- - Readability
- - Popularity
- - Performance?
- As a big fan of tacit/point-free programming in general, I'm looking at different tacit programming systems for inspiration (for a language I'm creating). What are the advantages and disadvantages of these styles? Additional on-topic information is helpful.
- Some examples of "systems" I've looked at:
- - [Trains](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Tacit_programming#Trains.) such as in [J](https://www.jsoftware.com/)
- - [Combinatory logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic) like `compose`, `flip`, and currying in languages like Haskell.
- - [Concatenative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenative_programming_language) languages such as postscript and forth.
- - [Jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) has a unique (as far as I know) system where filters operate on streams, and function calling passes filters instead of values.
- - Perl and others are point-free to some degree with `$_`.
- Some things to compare:
- - Readability
- - Popularity
- - Performance?
#2: Post edited
by
Wezl
·
2021-04-29T15:44:17Z (over 3 years ago)
performance is more objective
- As a big fan of tacit/point-free programming in general, I'm looking at different tacit programming systems for inspiration (for a language I'm creating). What are the advantages and disadvantages of these styles? Additional on-topic information is helpful.
- Some examples of "systems" I've looked at:
- - [Trains](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Tacit_programming#Trains.) such as in [J](https://www.jsoftware.com/)
- - [Combinatory logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic) like `compose`, `flip`, and currying in languages like Haskell.
- - [Concatenative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenative_programming_language) languages such as postscript and forth.
- - [Jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) has a unique (as far as I know) system where filters operate on streams, and function calling passes filters instead of values.
- Some things to compare:
- - Readability
- Convenience- Popularity
- As a big fan of tacit/point-free programming in general, I'm looking at different tacit programming systems for inspiration (for a language I'm creating). What are the advantages and disadvantages of these styles? Additional on-topic information is helpful.
- Some examples of "systems" I've looked at:
- - [Trains](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Tacit_programming#Trains.) such as in [J](https://www.jsoftware.com/)
- - [Combinatory logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic) like `compose`, `flip`, and currying in languages like Haskell.
- - [Concatenative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenative_programming_language) languages such as postscript and forth.
- - [Jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) has a unique (as far as I know) system where filters operate on streams, and function calling passes filters instead of values.
- Some things to compare:
- - Readability
- - Popularity
- - Performance?
#1: Initial revision
by
Wezl
·
2021-04-29T15:42:52Z (over 3 years ago)
Pros and Cons of different tacit systems?
As a big fan of tacit/point-free programming in general, I'm looking at different tacit programming systems for inspiration (for a language I'm creating). What are the advantages and disadvantages of these styles? Additional on-topic information is helpful. Some examples of "systems" I've looked at: - [Trains](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Tacit_programming#Trains.) such as in [J](https://www.jsoftware.com/) - [Combinatory logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory_logic) like `compose`, `flip`, and currying in languages like Haskell. - [Concatenative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenative_programming_language) languages such as postscript and forth. - [Jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) has a unique (as far as I know) system where filters operate on streams, and function calling passes filters instead of values. Some things to compare: - Readability - Convenience - Popularity