[Jprogramming] The way we think

[Steven Taylor]

I had to share this.  Using J I was recently able to solve an n-dimensional
mapping problem using a J array with a shape vector.  The solution needed 4
operations.  Moving this back to the C / C# world the other developer
couldn't see that it was a complete solution.  Instead he is now busy
recreating this in an inefficient tree, or as I suggested, if it must be
this way, go ahead and use a hash map.
"This isn't the way you do it in .net", he said.  "You need references and
pointers", he continued.  In his own words he wanted to go for a "zero
intelligence solution"... but it seems to me more like, "zero intelligence
but how can I use all the fancy new toys to make it more complex".  Oh, and
substitute "more complex" with "more maintainable" to
be politically correct.

--Steven