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Function trains were first presented under the name "Phrasal forms" by [[Ken Iverson]] and [[Eugene McDonnell]] in a 1989 paper of the same name. They called the 2-function form a "hook" and the 3-function form a "fork" based on the shapes of the function call diagrams. On the return flight from [[APL88]], Iverson found the idea when he woke up from a nap and then developed it together with McDonnell. The use of syntax for trains followed a long history of attempts to define train-like behavior in terms of operators.<ref>[[Roger Hui]] and [[Morten Kromberg]]. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3386319 ''APL since 1978'']. §3.8 Trains Encore. ACM [[HOPL]] IV. 2020-06.</ref> | Function trains were first presented under the name "Phrasal forms" by [[Ken Iverson]] and [[Eugene McDonnell]] in a 1989 paper of the same name. They called the 2-function form a "hook" and the 3-function form a "fork" based on the shapes of the function call diagrams. On the return flight from [[APL88]], Iverson found the idea when he woke up from a nap and then developed it together with McDonnell.<ref>[[Roger Hui|Hui, Roger]]. [http://keiapl.org/rhui/remember.htm "Remembering Ken Iverson"]. 2004-11.</ref> The use of syntax for trains followed a long history of attempts to define train-like behavior in terms of operators.<ref>[[Roger Hui]] and [[Morten Kromberg]]. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3386319 ''APL since 1978'']. §3.8 Trains Encore. ACM [[HOPL]] IV. 2020-06.</ref> | ||
Trains as defined in Phrasal Forms were included in the first versions of [[J]] in 1990. They were added to [[NARS2000]] by 2009,<ref>NARS2000 Wiki. [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Trains&oldid=438 Trains]. Old revision: 2009-02-18.</ref> and [[ngn/apl]] had partial support in 2013. [[K]] defined a different and simpler kind of function train based on linear evaluation. | Trains as defined in Phrasal Forms were included in the first versions of [[J]] in 1990. They were added to [[NARS2000]] by 2009,<ref>NARS2000 Wiki. [http://wiki.nars2000.org/index.php?title=Trains&oldid=438 Trains]. Old revision: 2009-02-18.</ref> and [[ngn/apl]] had partial support in 2013. [[K]] defined a different and simpler kind of function train based on linear evaluation. | ||