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=== Functions ===
=== Functions ===
One feature of NARS2000 is its heavy use of experimental primitive functions & operators. In the table below, symbols which are unknown or obscure in the APL world are linked to the NARS2000 wiki rather than the APL wiki.


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| <source lang=apl inline>⍸</source>  || [[Indices]]        || Array Lookup (high-rank [[Index-Of]])
| <source lang=apl inline>⍸</source>  || [[Indices]]        || Array Lookup (high-rank [[Index-Of]])
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline><</source>  || [[Condense]]        || [[Less Than]]
| <source lang=apl inline><</source>  || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Condense Condense] || [[Less Than]]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>></source>  || [[Dilate]]          || [[Greater Than]]
| <source lang=apl inline>></source>  || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Dilate Dilate]     || [[Greater Than]]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>\</source>  ||                    || [[Expand]]
| <source lang=apl inline>\</source>  ||                    || [[Expand]]
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| <source lang=apl inline>⊂</source>  ||                    || [[Partitioned Enclose]]
| <source lang=apl inline>⊂</source>  ||                    || [[Partitioned Enclose]]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>π</source>  || [[Factors]]        || [[Primes]]
| <source lang=apl inline>π</source>  || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Primes Prime Factors] || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Primes Number Theory]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>⍴</source>  || [[Shape]]          || [[Reshape]]
| <source lang=apl inline>⍴</source>  || [[Shape]]          || [[Reshape]]
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| <source lang=apl inline>√</source>  || [[Square Root]]    || [[Root]]
| <source lang=apl inline>√</source>  || [[Square Root]]    || [[Root]]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>..</source> ||                    || [[Sequence]]
| <source lang=apl inline>..</source> ||                    || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Sequence Sequence]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>⊆</source>  ||                    || [[Subset]]
| <source lang=apl inline>⊆</source>  ||                    || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Sets#subset Subset]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>⊇</source>  ||                    || [[Superset]]
| <source lang=apl inline>⊇</source>  ||                    || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Sets#superset Superset]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>§</source>  ||                    || [[Symmetric Difference]]
| <source lang=apl inline>§</source>  ||                    || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Sets#symmetric_difference Symmetric Difference]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>~</source>  || [[Not]]            || [[Without]]
| <source lang=apl inline>~</source>  || [[Not]]            || [[Without]]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>≤</source>  || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Ball_Arithmetic#Contract Contract] || [[Less Than or Equal]]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>≥</source>  || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Ball_Arithmetic#Distract Distract] || [[Greater Than or Equal]]
|}
|}


=== Operators ===
=== Operators ===
One feature of NARS2000 is its heavy use of experimental primitive operators. In the table below, operators which are unknown or obscure in the APL world are linked to the NARS2000 wiki rather than the APL wiki.


{| class=wikitable
{| class=wikitable
! Glyph                                !! Valence !! Monadic call      !! Dyadic call
! Glyph                                !! Valence !! Monadic call      !! Dyadic call
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>⍣</source>  || Dyadic  ||colspan=2| [[Power operator|Power]]
| <source lang=apl inline>⍣</source>  || Dyadic  ||colspan=2| [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Power Power]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>⍨</source>  || Monadic ||colspan=2| [[Commute]]
| <source lang=apl inline>⍨</source>  || Monadic || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Commute-Duplicate Duplicate] || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Commute-Duplicate Commute]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>⍥</source>  || Dyadic  ||colspan=2| Composition ([[Over]])
| <source lang=apl inline>⍥</source>  || Dyadic  ||colspan=2| Composition ([[Over]])
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| <source lang=apl inline>‼</source>  || Monadic || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php/Combinatorial Combinatorial] ||
| <source lang=apl inline>‼</source>  || Monadic || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php/Combinatorial Combinatorial] ||
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>⍡</source>  || Dyadic  ||                  || [[Convolution]]
| <source lang=apl inline>⍡</source>  || Dyadic  ||                  || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Convolution Convolution]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>.</source>  || Dyadic  || [[Inner Product]] || [[Alternant|Determinant]]
| <source lang=apl inline>.</source>  || Dyadic  || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Determinant_Operator Determinant] || [[Inner Product]]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>∂</source>  || Monadic ||colspan=2| Numerical [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php/Derivative Derivative]
| <source lang=apl inline>∂</source>  || Monadic ||colspan=2| Numerical (Partial) [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php/Derivative Derivative]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>∫</source>  || Monadic ||colspan=2| Numerical [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php/Integral Integral]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>⌻</source>  || Monadic ||colspan=2| [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php/Matrix Matrix]
| <source lang=apl inline>⌻</source>  || Monadic ||colspan=2| [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php/Matrix Matrix]
|-
|-
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| <source lang=apl inline>⊙</source>  || Monadic ||colspan=2| [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php/Null Null]
| <source lang=apl inline>⊙</source>  || Monadic ||colspan=2| [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php/Null Null]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>a∘/</source> || Special ||                  || [[Mask]]
| <source lang=apl inline>a∘/</source> || Special ||                  || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Compose#Mask Mask]
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>a∘⌿</source> || Special ||                  || [[Mask]] First
| <source lang=apl inline>a∘⌿</source> || Special ||                  || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Compose#Mask Mask] First
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>a∘\</source> || Special ||                  || [[Mesh]]
| <source lang=apl inline>a∘\</source> || Special ||                  || [[Mesh]]
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| <source lang=apl inline>a∘⍀</source> || Special ||                  || [[Mesh]] First
| <source lang=apl inline>a∘⍀</source> || Special ||                  || [[Mesh]] First
|-
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>⍠</source>  || Dyadic  ||colspan=2| [[Variant]]
| <source lang=apl inline>⍠</source>  || Dyadic  ||colspan=2| [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Variant Variant]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>≈</source>  || Monadic ||colspan=2| [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Ball_Arithmetic Ball Arithmetic]
|}
 
== Datatypes ==
 
Along with the Real numbers, NARS2000 supports the rest of the four [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurwitz%27s_theorem_(composition_algebras) Normed Division Algebra] datatypes:  Complex, Quaternion, and Octonion numbers, along with several Multi-Precision datatypes, and signed Infinities:
 
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! Notation !! Datatype
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>1i2</source> || [http://www.sudleyplace.com/APL/Hypercomplex%20Numbers%20in%20APL.pdf Complex]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>1i2j3k4</source> || [http://www.sudleyplace.com/APL/Hypercomplex%20Numbers%20in%20APL.pdf Quaternion]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>1i2j3k4l5ij6jk7kl8</source> || [http://www.sudleyplace.com/APL/Hypercomplex%20Numbers%20in%20APL.pdf Octonion]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>2.2x</source> || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Rational_and_VFP_Numbers Rational Numbers]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>2.2v</source> || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Rational_and_VFP_Numbers Variable-precision Floating Point Numbers]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>2.2±</source> || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Ball_Arithmetic Ball Arithmetic]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>∞ and ¯∞</source> || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Infinity Signed Infinities]
|-
| <source lang=apl inline>∅</source> || [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=NaN Not-a-Number (NaN)]
|}
|}
Each of the 2, 4, or 8 coefficients of Hypercomplex numbers must all be the same Real number datatype (i.e., Boolean, Integer, Floating Point, Rational, Variable-precision Floating Point, or Ball Arithmetic), or else they will all be promoted to a single common Real number datatype.


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 22:22, 9 September 2022



NARS2000 is an open-source APL interpreter written by Bob Smith, a prominent APL developer and implementer from STSC in the 1970s and 1980s. NARS2000 contains advanced features and new datatypes and runs natively on Microsoft Windows, and other platforms under Wine. It is the spiritual successor of the first NARS (Nested Arrays Research System) which was designed and implemented in the early 1980s as a testbed for new ideas in APL, principally with nested arrays.

Language ideas include new functions, operators, datatypes, and many other extensions. The project is free open source software.

Primitives

The following list is incomplete.

Functions

One feature of NARS2000 is its heavy use of experimental primitive functions & operators. In the table below, symbols which are unknown or obscure in the APL world are linked to the NARS2000 wiki rather than the APL wiki.

Glyph Monadic Dyadic
Indices Array Lookup (high-rank Index-Of)
< Condense Less Than
> Dilate Greater Than
\ Expand
Find
Index Generator Index Of
Matrix Inverse Matrix Divide
Tally Mismatch
Partitioned Enclose
π Prime Factors Number Theory
Shape Reshape
Square Root Root
.. Sequence
Subset
Superset
§ Symmetric Difference
~ Not Without
Contract Less Than or Equal
Distract Greater Than or Equal

Operators

Glyph Valence Monadic call Dyadic call
Dyadic Power
Monadic Duplicate Commute
Dyadic Composition (Over)
Dyadic Compose
Dyadic Rank
Monadic Combinatorial
Dyadic Convolution
. Dyadic Determinant Inner Product
Monadic Numerical (Partial) Derivative
Monadic Numerical Integral
Monadic Matrix
Monadic Multisets
Monadic Null
a∘/ Special Mask
a∘⌿ Special Mask First
a∘\ Special Mesh
a∘⍀ Special Mesh First
Dyadic Variant
Monadic Ball Arithmetic

Datatypes

Along with the Real numbers, NARS2000 supports the rest of the four Normed Division Algebra datatypes: Complex, Quaternion, and Octonion numbers, along with several Multi-Precision datatypes, and signed Infinities:

Notation Datatype
1i2 Complex
1i2j3k4 Quaternion
1i2j3k4l5ij6jk7kl8 Octonion
2.2x Rational Numbers
2.2v Variable-precision Floating Point Numbers
2.2± Ball Arithmetic
∞ and ¯∞ Signed Infinities
Not-a-Number (NaN)

Each of the 2, 4, or 8 coefficients of Hypercomplex numbers must all be the same Real number datatype (i.e., Boolean, Integer, Floating Point, Rational, Variable-precision Floating Point, or Ball Arithmetic), or else they will all be promoted to a single common Real number datatype.

External links


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