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8:49 AM
alright, added a bunch more links
there's still some things I'm not sure where to link to though
 
btw, we advertised Omnibar in the Array Cast episode that'll be published Friday night.
 
oh cool! thanks a lot
 
@RubenVerg +y Identity can link to Conjugate
= Rank can either link to the readme or to aplwiki.com/wiki/Rank
< Major cell to readme or aplwiki.com/wiki/Major_cell
Demote can say it is like ,[⍳2] then link to aplwiki.com/wiki/Ravel#With_axis
 
@Adám hmm, I don't think that would be very clear, currently the links always point to the primitive itself
 
OK, then people can go look for , themselves.
x∘y has ??? but could just say "same as +.× but only for matrices"
and can link to aplwiki.com/wiki/Quad_name
typo in "corrersponding"
For it looks like you only put in the wiki link because one would see them all together, but there's no guarantee of that in the future where one might filter. I'd add the link to all.
 
9:04 AM
@Adám also the ones with dictionary? it isn't explained on the wiki
 
@RubenVerg No, they need to go to the readme
typo: "argumennt"
and % need readme links
and
typo: "anonimous"
But not the special ones and ⍺⍺⍺!
They need link to respective places.
Inverse has aplwiki.com/wiki/Inverse though it doesn't mention the unusual syntax.
should say "First character of a dfns workspace name" and link to aplwiki.com/wiki/Dfns_workspace
 
thanks, you're really helpful
@Adám not convinced by this one ­— is wikipedia the best resource available?
 
APL Wiki doesn't have much detail, instead relying on Wikipedia, since Roger Hui wrote most of that.
We should really edit that Wikipedia article to mention additional implementations that have dfns, and mention hyperators, alternate glyphs (), and axis.
 
9:22 AM
@Adám hmm okay, should I also change the current links to the APL wiki for {}?
 
I guess.
Hey, what about other uses of {}?
 
what other uses?
oh in tradfn headers?
 
yup
Where also there's an additional usage of ;
 
how to explain tradfn {}?
 
{} Shy result Indicate that tradfn result is shy
{} Optional left arg Indicate that left argument is optional
Note that the latter is unique to Dyalog as other APLs always assume the left arg is optional.
 
9:32 AM
does the first standard have those?
 
I don't think so. {} weren't even typable.
 
huh, interesting. what about ;?
 
That's old.
(Although Dyalog recently allowed additional lines after the header to ;list;more;locals)
 
pushed a few changes
 
You now have adjacent links "WikipediaGitHub"
 
9:41 AM
oh oops
there, fixed it
 
@RubenVerg Created aplwiki.com/wiki/Comment so can link to it.
 
thanks! added it
oh, inline comments are a cool feature
 
 
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11:00 AM
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Q: Best way to import and handle non-rectangular (ragged) data

AlbertoI am studying APL and I am facing this problem: in real life cases, it is common to deal with non-rectangular datasets (imagine importing data from a SQL database where the "count(*) ... group by ..." gives different counts for different groups). I have setup an example where I import a time seri...

 
11:10 AM
I can't remember if I already mentioned that I moved omnibar to omnibar.rubenverg.com
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Yes, you did. Btw, for now, it should maybe be mentioned somewhere on APL Wiki. Can you browse around and see if you can find a good spot for it. abrudz.github.io/voc shold also be mentioned somewhere.
 
@Adám maybe under learning resources? not sure under which subcategory, though
the voc already appears under Documentation Suites, btw
maybe omnibar could go there too?
 
@RubenVerg I don't think it is for learning as much as studying. We really should have a "Comparison of APL dialects" page which belongs in the "Overview" section of aplwiki.com/wiki/Template:APL_dialects
 
11:28 AM
sounds like a big article, also how would it be formatted? just a list of dialects with a list of features on each, and leave the "comparison" part to the reader, or with some kind of large table?
I think omnibar fits in the documentation suites page while that article doesn't exist, though
it's not really documentation but neither is Voc and it's already in there
 
Voc is a better index to (parts of) Dyalog's documentation. Basically a substitute for help.dyalog.com/latest/Content/Language/Introduction/… and the first two of its "other" links.
@RubenVerg A possibility is adding an external link directly in the "Overview" section of aplwiki.com/wiki/Template:APL_dialects or (maybe better), create a small wiki page for the Omnibar and then link to that. A dedicated page can even have an embedded view, like APLcart and ngn/apl have it.
@RubenVerg I was thinking a large table, or maybe better, multiple tables arranged per subject. Plus some general information, discussion of ⎕ML etc.
 
@Adám does omnibar actually get to get its own page? don't fully feel like it deserves one :)
@Adám sounds useful
 
How about making a stub "Comparison of APL dialects" with just a little bit of info (you should now have quite some in your head!) and then a section on the omnibar?
 
11:44 AM
not sure what info would be useful, I'd probably add too much stuff and it just ends up being a worse version of Omnibar
any ideas?
though I guess a separate page for Omnibar might be fine too
 
@RubenVerg It is a wiki! Others will come and clean up. Any info is better than no info.
 
or maybe the comparison of dialects page should be omnibar itself, plus some extra info?
 
That's also a possibility. The omnibar does only cover symbols, basically. The page could include my table of system function counts too. Maybe a table of supported keywords by Dyalog/APLX/APL+ (the only ones that have :keywords at all)
There needs to be a "See also" section with links to various timelines and lists.
 
12:32 PM
alright, I'll probably make the page tomorrow
 
 
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