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| I started using APL in the early 1970s and now I am retired I still use it for fun. I have written a | I started using APL in the early 1970s and now I am retired I still use it for fun. I have written a couple of articles for vector, you will find the first at [[http://www.vector.org.uk/archive/v103/morgan103_81.htm]]. |
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| couple of articles for vector, you will find the first at | The second described a quick and dirty Sudoku program. It was intended to stop me wasting too much time solving problems because I would know my computer could do it better then me. Then it occurred to me that I could write a better program if I learnt more about how to solve them. Now I have a large and dirty Sudoku program and still waste time working them out myself. |
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| [[http://www.vector.org.uk/archive/v103/morgan103_81.htm]]. The second described a quick and dirty | = Status = |
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| Sudoku program. It was intended to stop me wasting too much time solving problems because I would | === Testing === I looked at the page Utf8orNot and saw ... We can demonstrate the possibility by imagining an Anglo-Saxon APLer writing the following: . `a Шׯ2+𨨨w ⍝ where capital 'Ð' and small 'ð' eth are functions and 'a' and 'w' are arrays` where the text in quotes disappears off to the right of the window. |
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| know my computer could do it better then me. Then it occurred to me that I could write a better | ==== more testing (or learning) ==== I took a screen shot of what I can see in the Utf8orNot page and decided to to show it here. That took me to HelpOnImages where the thumbnail example seemd what I wanted. . [[attachment:oheth.jpg|{{attachment:oheth.jpg||width=100}}]] That was not a good idea, what happens when you click on a thumbnail like this is confusing enough with a proper picture but when your image is a bit of the wiki it is even stranger. . [[attachment:oheth.jpg|{{attachment:oheth.jpg||width=300}}]] |
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| program if I learnt more about how to solve them. Now I have a large and dirty Sudoku program and | === end of testing === |
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| still waste time working them out myself. | |
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| This is my first time on the Wiki and I am feeling a little lost, so before I write the page that | |
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| tells you about this program and why I think it might be interesting to some APL beginners, I am going to: [AboutTheWiki] and [BeginnersStartHere] ... |
Ellis Morgan
Email: <wiki AT SPAMFREE ellismorgan DOT co DOT uk>
I started using APL in the early 1970s and now I am retired I still use it for fun. I have written a couple of articles for vector, you will find the first at http://www.vector.org.uk/archive/v103/morgan103_81.htm.
The second described a quick and dirty Sudoku program. It was intended to stop me wasting too much time solving problems because I would know my computer could do it better then me. Then it occurred to me that I could write a better program if I learnt more about how to solve them. Now I have a large and dirty Sudoku program and still waste time working them out myself.
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I looked at the page Utf8orNot and saw ... We can demonstrate the possibility by imagining an Anglo-Saxon APLer writing the following:
a Шׯ2+𨨨w ⍝ where capital 'Ð' and small 'ð' eth are functions and 'a' and 'w' are arrays
where the text in quotes disappears off to the right of the window.
more testing (or learning)
I took a screen shot of what I can see in the Utf8orNot page and decided to to show it here. That took me to HelpOnImages where the thumbnail example seemd what I wanted.
That was not a good idea, what happens when you click on a thumbnail like this is confusing enough with a proper picture but when your image is a bit of the wiki it is even stranger.