From b27b74e9a9753ddf46d85495f4a6b78ac1621dad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dimitri Lozeve Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 16:04:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add comments for submission --- Contest2020/Contest2020.dyalog | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Contest2020/Contest2020.dyalog b/Contest2020/Contest2020.dyalog index e917adf..c591452 100644 --- a/Contest2020/Contest2020.dyalog +++ b/Contest2020/Contest2020.dyalog @@ -1,11 +1,20 @@ :Namespace Contest2020 - AboutMe←,⊂'Tell us a bit about yourself' - ⍝ AboutMe,←⊂'' ⍝ copy, uncomment, and edit this line if you need more space - - Reaction←,⊂'Please share your thoughts about the 2020 competition' - ⍝ Reaction,←⊂'' ⍝ copy, uncomment, and edit this line if you need more space + AboutMe←,⊂'I am a Data Scientist. Even if I do not use APL in my day job (except' + AboutMe,←⊂'if you count Numpy), I dabbled in it for a few years for little' + AboutMe,←⊂'one-liners. I picked up APL because I love learning new languages, and' + AboutMe,←⊂'APL is a significantly different from any paradigm I tried before.' + Reaction←,⊂'The challenges were super fun! This is by far the largest amount of' + Reaction,←⊂'code in APL that I have written. In the process, I discovered many' + Reaction,←⊂'aspects of APL I enjoy (the interactivity, natural data' + Reaction,←⊂'manipulation). The challenges about data manipulation were great' + Reaction,←⊂'(e.g. UPC). The challenges with complex computations (e.g. rates of' + Reaction,←⊂'return) were excellent for learning APL and complex functions and' + Reaction,←⊂'operators. The most difficult (or boring) part was everything related' + Reaction,←⊂'to parsing and IO. Reading a file, interacting with the web, well,' + Reaction,←⊂'it is not something APL was designed for, and you feel like fighting' + Reaction,←⊂'the system.' :Namespace Problems (⎕IO ⎕ML ⎕WX)←1 1 3