Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

And perhaps further worth noting, the reason K uses dyadic & and | for minimum and maximum (respectively) is because logical AND and logical OR are identical to minimum and maximum if the arguments happen to be boolean (0/1). The notation and selection of primitives illustrate a useful and memorable symmetry.


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: