"ChatGPT explains Arthur Whitney’s J Incunabulum"[1] was linked in a recent comment[2].
Reading APL code, at least for a novice me, includes puzzling out "ok, now what's going on there?". Being able to highlight a bit of code, and get an explanation, as if sitting with the author, or reading annotated code, might usefully lower the barrier to reading APL?
I've seen several "here is an APLish program, and I'll go through and explain it" posts over the years, though I'm failing to find one now. If that could be somewhat automated...
Interesting observation. In general this would allow writing code in formats designed for writing (concise shorthand like APL), and then separately expanded to a format optimized for readers that are less familiar.
Reading APL code, at least for a novice me, includes puzzling out "ok, now what's going on there?". Being able to highlight a bit of code, and get an explanation, as if sitting with the author, or reading annotated code, might usefully lower the barrier to reading APL?
I've seen several "here is an APLish program, and I'll go through and explain it" posts over the years, though I'm failing to find one now. If that could be somewhat automated...
[1] https://medium.com/@solarbreeze69/chatgpt-explains-arthur-wh... [2] In "J one-page interpreter fragment (1992)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34050715 , the brief comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34053932 .