[Jprogramming] pattern matching in J

[Philip Hunt (USA)]

Richard he's joking -

He simply means if its not a problem J can't help you solve it :-)

and if its not a problem you are not trying to solve it!


Phil


On 9/12/2013 4:38 PM, Richard Gaylord wrote:
> what does "bad at solving non-problems" mean?
>
> On Thursday, September 12, 2013, Raul Miller wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Richard Gaylord <rjgaylord at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
>> wrote:
>>> what are the pattern matching capabilities of J?
>> This is an open ended question, with a potential infinity of answers
>> and non-answers.
>>
>> What problem are you trying to solve? (Or, put differently: are you
>> trying to solve a problem? J is notoriously bad at solving
>> non-problems.)
>>
>> --
>> Raul
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