[Jprogramming] tacit programming

[Sherlock, Ric]

It isn't hard to parse, but I can't say I find it easy to read. I think that is because it has several irrelevant steps that make me wonder what it is trying to do. I think the following are equivalent and easier to read (for me)
  [: +/ (({.&.":)&>@p:@i.
or
+/@(({.&.":)&>@p:@i.)

Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld device.

-----Original Message-----
From: Björn Helgason <gosinn at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2010 04:39
To: Programming forum <programming at jsoftware.com>
Subject: [Jprogramming] tacit programming


It would be interesting to know how many J ers can easily read tacit
programs.

A line like

[: +/ [: > [: ".&.> [: [ [: {.&.> [: [ [: ":&.>@p: i.

This is something I am not too comfortable to read nor write just like that
even if I do know what it is supposed to do.

Question is if people see it as a better way to program like this tacitly
than just do it in more lines and easily understood steps?

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Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans

góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum
          /|_      .-----------------------------------.
         ,'  .\  /  | Með léttri lund verður        |
     ,--'    _,'   | Dagurinn í dag                     |
    /       /       | Enn betri en gærdagurinn  |
   (   -.  |        `-----------------------------------'
   |     ) |         (\_ _/)
  (`-.  '--.)       (='.'=)   ♖♘♗♕♔♙
   `. )----'        (")_(") ☃☠
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