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| released = 2020 | | released = 2020 | ||
| developer = [[Marshall Lochbaum]] | | developer = [[Marshall Lochbaum]] | ||
| latest release version = | | latest release version = 0.6.0 / 2024-01-09 | ||
| implementation languages = BQN with [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]], [[wikipedia:C (programming language)|C]], or others<ref name="running">[[Marshall Lochbaum]]. [https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/running.html "How to run BQN"]</ref> | | implementation languages = BQN with [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]], [[wikipedia:C (programming language)|C]], or others<ref name="running">[[Marshall Lochbaum]]. [https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/running.html "How to run BQN"]</ref> | ||
| source = [https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN GitHub] | | source = [https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN GitHub] | ||
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| forum = [https://app.element.io/#/room/%23bqn:matrix.org #bqn:matrix.org] | | forum = [https://app.element.io/#/room/%23bqn:matrix.org #bqn:matrix.org] | ||
| influenced by = [[J]], [[A+]], [[Dyalog APL]], [[Co-dfns]], [[APL\iv]], [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]]<ref>[[Marshall Lochbaum]]. [https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/commentary/history.html "BQN's development history"].</ref> | | influenced by = [[J]], [[A+]], [[Dyalog APL]], [[Co-dfns]], [[APL\iv]], [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]]<ref>[[Marshall Lochbaum]]. [https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/commentary/history.html "BQN's development history"].</ref> | ||
| influenced = | | influenced = [[Goal]], [[Kap]], [[Uiua]] | ||
| run online = [https://bqnpad.mechanize.systems/ BQNPAD] | | run online = [https://bqnpad.mechanize.systems/ BQNPAD] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''BQN''' is an APL-family language designed primarily by [[Marshall Lochbaum]]. Although it maintains the concept of array-driven computing and much of APL's array functionality, BQN discards all [[backwards compatibility|compatibility]] with other array languages and changes many fundamental concepts. It uses the [[based array model]] with dedicated [[array notation]], distinguishes between data types and expression roles to give the language a [[wikipedia:context-free grammar|context-free grammar]] with [[wikipedia:first-class function|first-class function]]s, | '''BQN''' is an APL-family language designed primarily by [[Marshall Lochbaum]]. Although it maintains the concept of array-driven computing and much of APL's array functionality, BQN discards all [[backwards compatibility|compatibility]] with other array languages and changes many fundamental concepts. It uses the [[based array model]] with dedicated [[array notation]], distinguishes between data types and expression roles to give the language a [[wikipedia:context-free grammar|context-free grammar]] with [[wikipedia:first-class function|first-class function]]s, uses a new set of [[glyph]]s with different primitive pairings, and implements [[character arithmetic]]. The language uses the [[leading axis model]] and [[tacit programming]] as core paradigms. Its implementation is largely self-hosted, with an array-based compiler like [[Co-dfns]]. | ||
== Implementations == | == Implementations == | ||
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| <code>⌈</code> || [[Ceiling]] || [[Maximum]] | | <code>⌈</code> || [[Ceiling]] || [[Maximum]] | ||
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| <code>∧</code> || Sort Up | | <code>∧</code> || [[Sort Up]] || [[And]] | ||
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| <code>∨</code> || Sort Down | | <code>∨</code> || [[Sort Down]] || [[Or]] | ||
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| <code>¬</code> || [[Not]] || Span | | <code>¬</code> || [[Not]] || Span | ||
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| <code>∾</code> || [[Raze|Join]] || [[Catenate|Join to]] | | <code>∾</code> || [[Raze|Join]] || [[Catenate|Join to]] | ||
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| <code>≍</code> || Solo | | <code>≍</code> || [[Solo]] || [[Couple]] | ||
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| <code>⋈</code> || [[Pair|Enlist]] || [[Pair]] | |||
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| <code>↑</code> || Prefixes || [[Take]] | | <code>↑</code> || Prefixes || [[Take]] | ||
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| <code>⊑</code> || [[First]] || Pick | | <code>⊑</code> || [[First]] || Pick | ||
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| <code>⊐</code> || Classify | | <code>⊐</code> || [[Classify]] || [[Index of]] | ||
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| <code>⊒</code> || [[Occurrence Count]] || [[Progressive Index of]] | | <code>⊒</code> || [[Occurrence Count]] || [[Progressive Index of]] | ||
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| <code>∊</code> || [[ | | <code>∊</code> || [[Nub Sieve|Mark Firsts]] || [[Member of]] | ||
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| <code>⍷</code> || [[Unique|Deduplicate]] || [[Find]] | | <code>⍷</code> || [[Unique|Deduplicate]] || [[Find]] | ||
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| <code>⊔</code> || Group Indices | | <code>⊔</code> || [[Group Indices]] || [[Group (BQN)|Group]] | ||
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| <code>!</code> || Assert || Assert with Message | |||
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| <code>⌜</code> || [[Outer Product|Table]] | | <code>⌜</code> || [[Outer Product|Table]] | ||
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| <code>⁼</code> || Undo | | <code>⁼</code> || [[Undo]] | ||
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| <code>´</code> || [[Reduce|Fold]] | | <code>´</code> || [[Reduce|Fold]] | ||
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! Glyph !! Name(s) | ! Glyph !! Name(s) | ||
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| <code>∘</code> || [[Atop]] | | <code>∘</code> || [[Atop (operator)|Atop]] | ||
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| <code>○</code> || [[Over]] | | <code>○</code> || [[Over]] | ||
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| <code>⍟</code> || [[Power (operator)|Repeat]] | | <code>⍟</code> || [[Power (operator)|Repeat]] | ||
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| <code>⎊</code> || Catch | |||
|} | |} | ||
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Lochbaum recounts, "I obtained 'BQN' by moving each letter in 'APL' forward by one in the alphabet. I'd come up with the backronym 'Big Questions Notation' by the time I realized N doesn't come after L."<ref>[[Marshall Lochbaum]]. [https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/54753804#54753804 Stack Exchange Transcript]</ref> | Lochbaum recounts, "I obtained 'BQN' by moving each letter in 'APL' forward by one in the alphabet. I'd come up with the backronym 'Big Questions Notation' by the time I realized N doesn't come after L."<ref>[[Marshall Lochbaum]]. [https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/54753804#54753804 Stack Exchange Transcript]</ref> | ||
Lochbaum commented further on this | Lochbaum commented further on this, saying: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
...the way I came up with the name BQN was I thought, ... alright, I'm working on this next APL. What do I call [it?] ... I took took APL and I moved it forward and I got BQN. And I said, well, BQN, that sounds pretty good... [B]ig Questions Notation is what I ended up with. I like it 'cause it suggests that not only you're solving big questions, but you have big questions about the notation, so it's a little tongue in cheek. And I said also, you can pronounce it like bacon, so there's even a food pun like Apple. And after some half hour or an hour of thinking about this, I realized that the letter that comes after L is M, not N. I think it would be much more logical for N to come first, because it's the letter with two humps. BQM is a horrible, horrible name, and so I stuck with BQN. | ...the way I came up with the name BQN was I thought, ... alright, I'm working on this next APL. What do I call [it?] ... I took took APL and I moved it forward and I got BQN. And I said, well, BQN, that sounds pretty good... [B]ig Questions Notation is what I ended up with. I like it 'cause it suggests that not only you're solving big questions, but you have big questions about the notation, so it's a little tongue in cheek. And I said also, you can pronounce it like bacon, so there's even a food pun like Apple. And after some half hour or an hour of thinking about this, I realized that the letter that comes after L is M, not N. I think it would be much more logical for N to come first, because it's the letter with two humps. BQM is a horrible, horrible name, and so I stuck with BQN. | ||
<ref>[[Marshall Lochbaum]]. [ | <ref>[[Array Cast#bqn|Marshall Lochbaum and the BQN array language]]. [[Array Cast]]. Aug 7, 2021. (In response to a question starting at the 11:29 mark.)</ref> | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
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{{APL dialects}}[[Category: | {{APL dialects}}[[Category:Based array languages]][[Category:Languages with first-class functions]][[Category:IR compilers]][[Category:Leading axis languages]][[Category:Languages with tacit programming]] | ||