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Each function, combinator, or definition should be documented here.
- - -Not negative. - - - n !- - ----------- n < 0 - false - - - n !- - ---------- n >= 0 - true - -
- - -See [ne](#ne). - -
- - -See [and](#and). - -
combinator
- - - -Short-circuiting Boolean AND - -Accept two quoted programs, run the first and expect a Boolean value, if -it's `true` pop it and run the second program (which should also return a -Boolean value) otherwise pop the second program (leaving `false` on the -stack.) - - - [A] [B] && - ---------------- true - B - - - [A] [B] && - ---------------- false - false - - -### Definition - - nulco [nullary [false]] dip branch - -### Derivation - -TODO: this is derived in one of the notebooks I think, look it up and -link to it, or copy the content here. -
- - -See [floordiv](#floordiv). - -
- - -See [floordiv](#floordiv). - -
-
-
-
- ... b a <{}
- -----------------
- ... [] b a
-
-[] rollup
-
-
-
- ... a <{}
- ----------------
- ... [] a
-
-[] swap
- - -Is the item on the top of the stack "truthy"? -
- - -See [xor](#xor). - -
- - -Add two numbers together: a + b. - -
combinator
- - - -Build a list of values from a generator program `G` and a stopping -predicate `P`. - - [P] [G] anamorphism - ----------------------------------------- - [P] [pop []] [G] [dip swons] genrec - -### Example - -The `range` function generates a list of the integers from 0 to n - 1: - -> \[0 <=\] \[\-\- dup\] anamorphism -
combinator
- - -"apply one" - - -Given a quoted program on TOS and anything as the second stack item run +Thun Function Reference Thun Function Reference
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Each function, combinator, or definition should be documented here.
Not negative.
+ n !-
+----------- n < 0
+ false
+
+
+ n !-
+---------- n >= 0
+ true
+combinator
Short-circuiting Boolean AND
+Accept two quoted programs, run the first and expect a Boolean value, if
+it's true pop it and run the second program (which should also return a
+Boolean value) otherwise pop the second program (leaving false on the
+stack.)
[A] [B] &&
+---------------- true
+ B
+
+
+ [A] [B] &&
+---------------- false
+ false
+nulco [nullary [false]] dip branch
+TODO: this is derived in one of the notebooks I think, look it up and +link to it, or copy the content here.
... b a <{}
+-----------------
+ ... [] b a
+[] rollup
... a <{}
+----------------
+ ... [] a
+[] swap
Is the item on the top of the stack "truthy"?
Add two numbers together: a + b.
combinator
Build a list of values from a generator program G and a stopping
+predicate P.
[P] [G] anamorphism
+-----------------------------------------
+ [P] [pop []] [G] [dip swons] genrec
+The range function generates a list of the integers from 0 to n - 1:
+[0 <=] [-- dup] anamorphism
+
combinator
"apply one"
+Given a quoted program on TOS and anything as the second stack item run the program without disturbing the stack and replace the two args with -the first result of the program. - - ... x [Q] app1 - --------------------------------- - ... [x ...] [Q] infra first - -This is the same effect as the [unary](#unary) combinator. -
combinator
- - - -Like [app1](#app1) with two items. - - ... y x [Q] . app2 - ----------------------------------- - ... [y ...] [Q] . infra first - [x ...] [Q] infra first - -
... x [Q] app1
+---------------------------------
+ ... [x ...] [Q] infra first
+This is the same effect as the unary combinator.
combinator
Like app1 with two items.
+ ... y x [Q] . app2
+-----------------------------------
+ ... [y ...] [Q] . infra first
+ [x ...] [Q] infra first
+combinator
- - - -Like [app1] with three items. - - ... z y x [Q] . app3 - ----------------------------------- - ... [z ...] [Q] . infra first - [y ...] [Q] infra first - [x ...] [Q] infra first -
combinator
- - - -Like [app1] with any number of items. - - ... xN ... x2 x1 x0 [Q] n . appN - -------------------------------------- - ... [xN ...] [Q] . infra first - ... - [x2 ...] [Q] infra first - [x1 ...] [Q] infra first - [x0 ...] [Q] infra first -
[grabN] codi map reverse disenstacken
- - -Compute the average of a list of numbers. +should) be done.
combinator
Like [app1] with three items.
+ ... z y x [Q] . app3
+-----------------------------------
+ ... [z ...] [Q] . infra first
+ [y ...] [Q] infra first
+ [x ...] [Q] infra first
+combinator
Like [app1] with any number of items.
+ ... xN ... x2 x1 x0 [Q] n . appN
+--------------------------------------
+ ... [xN ...] [Q] . infra first
+ ...
+ [x2 ...] [Q] infra first
+ [x1 ...] [Q] infra first
+ [x0 ...] [Q] infra first
+[grabN] codi map reverse disenstacken
Compute the average of a list of numbers. (Currently broken until I can figure out what to do about "numeric tower" -in Thun.) -
combinator
+See the [Recursion Combinators notebook](https://joypy.osdn.io/notebooks/Recursion_Combinators.html).
combinator
Run two quoted programs
+ [P] [Q] b
+---------------
+ P Q
+combinator
Run a quoted program using exactly two stack values and leave the first +item of the result on the stack.
+ ... y x [P] binary
+-----------------------
+ ... a
+Convert the item on the top of the stack to a Boolean value.
combinator built-in
Use a Boolean value to select and run one of two quoted programs.
+ false [F] [T] branch
+--------------------------
+ F
-
-
-Run two quoted programs
-
- [P] [Q] b
- ---------------
- P Q
-combinator
- - - -Run a quoted program using exactly two stack values and leave the first -item of the result on the stack. - - ... y x [P] binary - ----------------------- - ... a -
- - -Convert the item on the top of the stack to a Boolean value. -
combinator
- - - -Use a Boolean value to select and run one of two quoted programs. - - - false [F] [T] branch - -------------------------- - F - - true [F] [T] branch - ------------------------- - T - -
+[ifte] adds a predicate function that is evaluated [nullary].
a b c d [...] ccccons
+---------------------------
+ [a b c d ...]
+Do [cons] four times.
a b [...] ccons
+---------------------
+ [a b ...]
+Do [cons] two times.
Use a Boolean value to select one of two items.
+ a b false choice
+----------------------
+ a
-
- a b c d [...] ccccons
- ---------------------------
- [a b c d ...]
-
-Do [cons] four times.
-- - - a b [...] ccons - --------------------- - [a b ...] - -Do [cons] two times. -
- - -Use a Boolean value to select one of two items. - - a b false choice - ---------------------- - a - - a b true choice - --------------------- - b -
combinator
- - - -Run two programs in parallel, consuming one additional item, and put their -results on the stack. - - ... x [A] [B] cleave - ------------------------ - ... a b - -### Derivation - -> [fork] [popdd] - -### Example - - 1 2 3 [+] [-] cleave - -------------------------- - 1 2 5 -1 -
combinator
- - - -Run two programs in parallel, consuming two additional items, and put their results on the stack. - - ... x y [A] [B] clop - -------------------------- - ... a b -
combinator
Run two programs in parallel, consuming one additional item, and put their +results on the stack.
+ ... x [A] [B] cleave
+------------------------
+ ... a b
+++[fork] [popdd]
+
1 2 3 [+] [-] cleave
+--------------------------
+ 1 2 5 -1
+combinator
Run two programs in parallel, consuming two additional items, and put their results on the stack.
+ ... x y [A] [B] clop
+--------------------------
+ ... a b
+combinator
Take two values and three quoted programs on the stack and run one +of the three depending on the results of comparing the two values.
+ a b [G] [E] [L] cmp
+------------------------- a > b
+ G
+ a b [G] [E] [L] cmp
+------------------------- a = b
+ E
-
-Take two values and three quoted programs on the stack and run one
-of the three depending on the results of comparing the two values.
-
- a b [G] [E] [L] cmp
- ------------------------- a > b
- G
-
- a b [G] [E] [L] cmp
- ------------------------- a = b
- E
-
- a b [G] [E] [L] cmp
- ------------------------- a < b
- Lcombinator
- - - -Take a quoted program from the stack, [cons] the next item onto it, then -[dip] the whole thing under what was the third item on the stack. - - a b [F] . codi - -------------------- - b . F a -
combinator
- - - -This is part of the [make_generator] function. You would not use this -combinator directly. -
combinator
Take a quoted program from the stack, [cons] the next item onto it, then +[dip] the whole thing under what was the third item on the stack.
+ a b [F] . codi
+--------------------
+ b . F a
+combinator
This is part of the [make_generator] function. You would not use this +combinator directly.
- - -Concatinate two lists. - - [a b c] [d e f] concat - ---------------------------- - [a b c d e f] -
combinator
- - - -This combinator works like a case statement. It expects a single quote +[Recursion Theory and Joy](https://www.kevinalbrecht.com/code/joy-mirror/j05cmp.html) by Manfred von Thun.
Concatinate two lists.
+ [a b c] [d e f] concat
+----------------------------
+ [a b c d e f]
+combinator
This combinator works like a case statement. It expects a single quote on the stack that must contain zero or more condition quotes and a default quote. Each condition quote should contain a quoted predicate followed by the function expression to run if that predicate returns -`true`. If no predicates return `true` the default function runs. - - [ - [ [Predicate0] Function0 ] - [ [Predicate1] Function1 ] - ... - [ [PredicateN] FunctionN ] - [Default] - ] - cond -
true. If no predicates return true the default function runs.
+[
+ [ [Predicate0] Function0 ]
+ [ [Predicate1] Function1 ]
+ ...
+ [ [PredicateN] FunctionN ]
+ [Default]
+]
+cond
+- - -Given an item and a list, append the item to the list to make a new list. - - a [...] cons - ------------------ - [a ...] -
combinator
- - - -Specialist function (that means I forgot what it does and why.) -
combinator
- - - -The `dip` combinator expects a quoted program on the stack and below it + [B0] [T0] [[B1] [T1] [D] ifte] ifte
built-in
Given an item and a list, append the item to the list to make a new list.
+ a [...] cons
+------------------
+ [a ...]
+combinator built-in
The dip combinator expects a quoted program on the stack and below it
some item, it hoists the item into the expression and runs the program
-on the rest of the stack.
-
- ... x [Q] . dip
- ---------------------
- ... . Q x
-
... x [Q] . dip
+---------------------
+ ... . Q x
+combinator
- - - -Like [dip] but expects two items. - - ... y x [Q] . dipd - ------------------------- - ... . Q y x -
combinator
- - - -Like [dip] but expects three items. : - - ... z y x [Q] . dip - ----------------------------- - ... . Q z y x
- - -The `disenstacken` function expects a list on top of the stack and makes -that the stack discarding the rest of the stack. - - 1 2 3 [4 5 6] disenstacken - -------------------------------- - 6 5 4 -
combinator
Like [dip] but expects two items.
+ ... y x [Q] . dipd
+-------------------------
+ ... . Q y x
+combinator
Like [dip] but expects three items. :
+ ... z y x [Q] . dip
+-----------------------------
+ ... . Q z y x
+The disenstacken function expects a list on top of the stack and makes
+that the stack discarding the rest of the stack.
1 2 3 [4 5 6] disenstacken
+--------------------------------
+ 6 5 4
+- - -See [floordiv](#floordiv). - -
- - - x y divmod - ------------------ - q r - (x/y) (x%y) - -Invariant: `qy + r = x`. - -
- - -Given a number greater than zero put all the Natural numbers (including -zero) less than that onto the stack. - -### Example - - 3 down_to_zero - -------------------- - 3 2 1 0 -
- - -Expects an integer and a quote on the stack and returns the quote with n -items removed off the top. - -### Example - - [a b c d] 2 drop - ---------------------- - [c d] -
- - -"Dup"licate the top item on the stack. - - a dup - ----------- - a a -
- - -[dup] the second item down on the stack. - - a b dupd - -------------- - a a b -
- - -[dup] the third item down on the stack. - - a b c dupdd - ----------------- - a a b c -
combinator
- - - -Apply a function `F` and [dup] the item under it on the stack. - - a [F] dupdip - ------------------ - a F a - -### Derivation - - a [F] dupdip - a [F] dupd dip - a [F] [dup] dip dip - a dup [F] dip - a a [F] dip - a F a -
combinator
- - - -Run a copy of program `F` under the next item down on the stack. - - a [F] dupdipd - ------------------- - F a [F] -
- - -Put the stack onto the stack replacing the contents of the stack. - - ... a b c enstacken - ------------------------- - [c b a ...] - -
- - -Compare the two items on the top of the stack for equality and replace -them with a Boolean value. - - a b eq - ------------- - Boolean - (a = b) -
- - -Replace a list with its first item. - - [a ...] - -------------- - a -
- - -Replace a list with its first two items. - - [a b ...] first_two - ------------------------- - a b -
- - -Given a list of lists, concatinate them. - -### Example - - [[1 2] [3 [4] 5] [6 7]] flatten - ------------------------------------- - [1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7] -
- - -Return the largest integer \<= x. -
- - -I don't know why this is called "floor" div, I think it rounds its -result down (not towards zero or up.) - - a b floordiv - ------------------ - (a/b) -
combinator
- - - -Run two quoted programs in parallel and replace them with their results. - - ... [F] [G] fork - ---------------------- - ... f g -
- - -Replace a list with its fourth item. - - [a b c d ...] fourth - -------------------------- - d -
- - -Take two integers from the stack and replace them with their Greatest -Common Denominator. -
- - -Greater-than-or-equal-to comparison of two numbers. - - a b ge - -------------- - Boolean - (a >= b) -
combinator
- - - -**Gen**eral **Rec**ursion Combinator. - - [if] [then] [rec1] [rec2] genrec - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - [if] [then] [rec1 [[if] [then] [rec1] [rec2] genrec] rec2] ifte -
x y divmod
+------------------
+ q r
+ (x/y) (x%y)
+Invariant: qy + r = x.
Given a number greater than zero put all the Natural numbers (including +zero) less than that onto the stack.
+ 3 down_to_zero
+--------------------
+ 3 2 1 0
+Expects an integer and a quote on the stack and returns the quote with n +items removed off the top.
+ [a b c d] 2 drop
+----------------------
+ [c d]
+[dup] the third item down on the stack.
+ a b c dupdd
+-----------------
+ a a b c
+combinator
Apply a function F and [dup] the item under it on the stack.
a [F] dupdip
+------------------
+ a F a
+a [F] dupdip
+a [F] dupd dip
+a [F] [dup] dip dip
+a dup [F] dip
+a a [F] dip
+a F a
+combinator
Run a copy of program F under the next item down on the stack.
a [F] dupdipd
+-------------------
+ F a [F]
+Put the stack onto the stack replacing the contents of the stack.
+ ... a b c enstacken
+-------------------------
+ [c b a ...]
+Compare the two items on the top of the stack for equality and replace +them with a Boolean value.
+ a b eq
+-------------
+ Boolean
+ (a = b)
+Replace a list with its first two items.
+ [a b ...] first_two
+-------------------------
+ a b
+Given a list of lists, concatinate them.
+ [[1 2] [3 [4] 5] [6 7]] flatten
+-------------------------------------
+ [1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7]
+Return the largest integer \<= x.
I don't know why this is called "floor" div, I think it rounds its +result down (not towards zero or up.)
+ a b floordiv
+------------------
+ (a/b)
+combinator
Run two quoted programs in parallel and replace them with their results.
+ ... [F] [G] fork
+----------------------
+ ... f g
+Replace a list with its fourth item.
+ [a b c d ...] fourth
+--------------------------
+ d
+Take two integers from the stack and replace them with their Greatest +Common Denominator.
Greater-than-or-equal-to comparison of two numbers.
+ a b ge
+--------------
+ Boolean
+ (a >= b)
+combinator
General Recursion Combinator.
+ [if] [then] [rec1] [rec2] genrec
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ [if] [then] [rec1 [[if] [then] [rec1] [rec2] genrec] rec2] ifte
+- - -Expects an integer and a quote on the stack and returns the item at the -nth position in the quote counting from 0. - -### Example - - [a b c d] 2 getitem - ------------------------- - c -
Expects an integer and a quote on the stack and returns the item at the +nth position in the quote counting from 0.
+ [a b c d] 2 getitem
+-------------------------
+ c
+- - -Expect a number on the top of the stack and [cons] that many items from under it onto a new list. - -### Example - - a b c d e 3 grabN - ----------------------- - a b [c d e] -
- - -A weird function used in [app2] that does this: - - ... 1 2 3 4 5 grba - ------------------------------- - ... 1 2 3 [4 3 2 1 ...] 5 - -It grabs the stack under the top item, and substitutes it for the second item down on the stack. -
- - -Greater-than comparison of two numbers. - - a b gt - -------------- - Boolean - (a > b) -
- - -Accepts a quoted symbol on the top of the stack and prints its -documentation. - - [foo] help - ---------------- -
- - - x y hypot - --------------------------- - sqrt(sqr(x) + sqr(y)) -
combinator
- - - -Append a quoted expression onto the pending expression. - - - [Q] . i - ------------- - . Q -
- - -The identity function. -
combinator
- - - -If-Then-Else combinator, a common and convenient specialization of [branch]. - - [if] [then] [else] ifte - --------------------------------------- - [if] nullary [else] [then] branch -
combinator
- - - -Take a quoted program from the stack and run it twice, first under the -top item, then again with the top item. - - ... a [Q] ii - ------------------ - ... Q a Q - -### Example - -It's a little tricky to understand how this works so here's an example trace: - - 1 2 3 4 [++] • [dip] dupdip i - 1 2 3 4 [++] [dip] • dupdip i - 1 2 3 4 [++] • dip [++] i - 1 2 3 • ++ 4 [++] i - 1 2 4 • 4 [++] i - 1 2 4 4 • [++] i - 1 2 4 4 [++] • i - 1 2 4 4 • ++ - 1 2 4 5 • -
Expect a number on the top of the stack and [cons] that many items from under it onto a new list.
+ a b c d e 3 grabN
+-----------------------
+ a b [c d e]
+A weird function used in [app2] that does this:
+ ... 1 2 3 4 5 grba
+-------------------------------
+ ... 1 2 3 [4 3 2 1 ...] 5
+It grabs the stack under the top item, and substitutes it for the second item down on the stack.
Greater-than comparison of two numbers.
+ a b gt
+--------------
+ Boolean
+ (a > b)
+Accepts a quoted symbol on the top of the stack and prints its +documentation.
+ [foo] help
+----------------
+ x y hypot
+---------------------------
+ sqrt(sqr(x) + sqr(y))
+combinator built-in
Append a quoted expression onto the pending expression.
+ [Q] . i
+-------------
+ . Q
+The identity function.
combinator
If-Then-Else combinator, a common and convenient specialization of [branch].
+ [if] [then] [else] ifte
+---------------------------------------
+ [if] nullary [else] [then] branch
+combinator
Take a quoted program from the stack and run it twice, first under the +top item, then again with the top item.
+... a [Q] ii
+------------------
+ ... Q a Q
+It's a little tricky to understand how this works so here's an example trace:
+ 1 2 3 4 [++] • [dip] dupdip i
+1 2 3 4 [++] [dip] • dupdip i
+ 1 2 3 4 [++] • dip [++] i
+ 1 2 3 • ++ 4 [++] i
+ 1 2 4 • 4 [++] i
+ 1 2 4 4 • [++] i
+ 1 2 4 4 [++] • i
+ 1 2 4 4 • ++
+ 1 2 4 5 •
+combinator
Accept a quoted program and a list on the stack and run the program with +the list as its stack. Does not affect the stack (below the list.)
+ ... x y z [a b c] [Q] infra
+---------------------------------
+ c b a Q [z y x ...] swaack
+... [a b c] [F] swons swaack [i] dip swaack
+... [[F] a b c] swaack [i] dip swaack
-Accept a quoted program and a list on the stack and run the program with
-the list as its stack. Does not affect the stack (below the list.)
-
- ... x y z [a b c] [Q] infra
- ---------------------------------
- c b a Q [z y x ...] swaack
-
-
- ... [a b c] [F] swons swaack [i] dip swaack
- ... [[F] a b c] swaack [i] dip swaack
-
- c b a [F] [...] [i] dip swaack
- c b a [F] i [...] swaack
- c b a F [...] swaack
- d e [...] swaack
- ... [e d]
-
-combinator
- - - -Does [infra] and then extracts the [first] item from the resulting list. -
- - -Create a new Joy function definition in the Joy dictionary. A definition -is given as a quote with a name followed by a Joy expression. - -### Example - - [sqr dup mul] inscribe -
Create a new Joy function definition in the Joy dictionary. A definition +is given as a quote with a name followed by a Joy expression.
+[sqr dup mul] inscribe
++know what you're doing.
Less-Than-or-Equal-to comparison of the two items on the top of the +stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
+ a b le
+-------------
+ Boolean
+ (a <= b)
+combinator built-in
Expect a quoted program Q and a Boolean value on the stack. If the value is false
+discard the quoted program, otherwise run a copy of Q and loop again.
false [Q] loop
+--------------------
-Less-Than-or-Equal-to comparison of the two items on the top of the
-stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
-
- a b le
- -------------
- Boolean
- (a <= b)
-combinator
- - - -Expect a quoted program `Q` and a Boolean value on the stack. If the value is false -discard the quoted program, otherwise run a copy of `Q` and `loop` again. - - false [Q] loop - -------------------- - - - true [Q] . loop - -------------------------- - . Q [Q] loop -
- - -[Logical Left-Shift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_shift) - - a n lshift - ---------------- - (a×2ⁿ) -
- - -Less-Than comparison of the two items on the top of the -stack, replacing them with a Boolean value. - - a b lt - ------------- - Boolean - (a < b) -
- - -Given an initial state value and a quoted generator function build a -generator quote. - - state [generator function] make_generator - ----------------------------------------------- - [state [generator function] codireco] - -### Example - - 230 [dup ++] make_generator - --------------------------------- - [230 [dup ++] codireco] - -And then: - - [230 [dup ++] codireco] 5 [x] times pop - --------------------------------------------- - 230 231 232 233 234 -
combinator
- - - -Given a list of items and a quoted program run the program for each item +[loop] has [while].
Less-Than comparison of the two items on the top of the +stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
+ a b lt
+-------------
+ Boolean
+ (a < b)
+Given an initial state value and a quoted generator function build a +generator quote.
+ state [generator function] make_generator
+-----------------------------------------------
+ [state [generator function] codireco]
+ 230 [dup ++] make_generator
+---------------------------------
+ [230 [dup ++] codireco]
+And then:
+ [230 [dup ++] codireco] 5 [x] times pop
+---------------------------------------------
+ 230 231 232 233 234
+combinator
Given a list of items and a quoted program run the program for each item in the list (with the rest of the stack) and replace the old list and the -program with a list of the results. +program with a list of the results.
+ 5 [1 2 3] [++ *] map
+--------------------------
+ 5 [10 15 20]
+Given a list find the maximum.
+ [1 2 3 4] max
+-------------------
+ 4
+Given a list find the minimum.
+ [1 2 3 4] min
+-------------------
+ 1
+Return the remainder of a divided by b.
a b mod
+-------------
+ (a%b)
+%
Not-Equal comparison of the two items on the top of the +stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
+ a b ne
+-------------
+ Boolean
+ (a = b)
+Like [bool] but convert the item on the top of the stack to the inverse +Boolean value.
+ true not
+--------------
+ false
-### Example
-
- 5 [1 2 3] [++ *] map
- --------------------------
- 5 [10 15 20]
-- - -Given a list find the maximum. - -### Example - - [1 2 3 4] max - ------------------- - 4 -
- - -Given a list find the minimum. - -### Example - - [1 2 3 4] min - ------------------- - 1 -
- - -Return the remainder of `a` divided by `b`. - - a b mod - ------------- - (a%b) -
%
- - -See [mod](#mod). - -
- - -Not-Equal comparison of the two items on the top of the -stack, replacing them with a Boolean value. - - a b ne - ------------- - Boolean - (a = b) -
- - -Like [bool] but convert the item on the top of the stack to the inverse -Boolean value. - - true not - -------------- - false - - false not - --------------- - true -
- - -Take the item on the top of the stack and [cons] it onto `[nullary]`. - - [F] nulco - ------------------- - [[F] nullary] -
combinator
- - - -Run a quoted program without using any stack values and leave the first -item of the result on the stack. - - ... [P] nullary - --------------------- - ... a - -### Example - - ... [P] nullary - ... [P] [stack] dip infra first - ... stack [P] infra first - ... [...] [P] infra first - ... [a ...] first - ... a -
Take the item on the top of the stack and [cons] it onto [nullary].
[F] nulco
+-------------------
+ [[F] nullary]
+combinator
Run a quoted program without using any stack values and leave the first +item of the result on the stack.
+ ... [P] nullary
+---------------------
+ ... a
+... [P] nullary
+... [P] [stack] dip infra first
+... stack [P] infra first
+... [...] [P] infra first
+... [a ...] first
+... a
+- - -Like [getitem] but [swap]s the order of arguments. - -### Example - - 2 [a b c d] of - -------------------- - c -
- - -[dup] the second item on the stack `over` the first. - - a b over - -------------- - a b a - -### Definition - -There are many many ways to define this function. - -> [swap] [tuck] - -> \[[pop]\] [nullary] - -> \[[dup]\] [dip] [swap] - -> [unit] [dupdip] - -> [unit] [dupdipd] [first] - -And so on... -
combinator
- - - -Take a list of quoted functions from the stack and replace it with a list +program.)
Like [getitem] but [swap]s the order of arguments.
+ 2 [a b c d] of
+--------------------
+ c
+[dup] the second item on the stack over the first.
a b over
+--------------
+ a b a
+There are many many ways to define this function.
+++[swap] [tuck]
+[[pop]] [nullary]
+[[dup]] [dip] [swap]
+[unit] [dupdip]
+[unit] [dupdipd] [first]
+
And so on...
combinator
Take a list of quoted functions from the stack and replace it with a list of the [first] results from running those functions (on copies of the -rest of the stack.) - -### Example - - 5 7 [[+][-][*][/][%]] pam - ------------------------------- - 5 7 [12 -2 35 0 5] -
- - -See [getitem](#getitem). - -
- - -Plus or minus. Replace two numbers with their sum and difference. - - a b pm - ----------------- - (a+b) (a-b) -
- - -Pop the top item from the stack and discard it. - - a pop - ----------- -
- - -[pop] the second item down on the stack. - - a b popd - -------------- - b -
- - -[pop] the third item on the stack. - - a b c popdd - ----------------- - b c -
- - -[pop] two items from the stack. - - a b popop - --------------- -
- - -[pop] the second and third items from the stack. - - a b c popopd - ------------------ - c -
- - - a b c d popopdd - --------------------- - c d -
- - -[pop] three items from the stack. - - a b c popopop - ------------------- -
- - -Take two numbers `a` and `n` from the stack and raise `a` to the `n`th -power. (`n` is on the top of the stack.) - - a n pow - ------------- - (aⁿ) - -### Example - - 2 [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9] [pow] map - ----------------------------------- - 2 [4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512] - -
combinator
- - - -From the ["Overview of the language JOY"](https://www.kevinalbrecht.com/code/joy-mirror/j00ovr.html) - -> The primrec combinator expects two quoted programs in addition to a -> data parameter. For an integer data parameter it works like this: If -> the data parameter is zero, then the first quotation has to produce the -> value to be returned. If the data parameter is positive then the second -> has to combine the data parameter with the result of applying the -> function to its predecessor. - -> 5 \[1\] \[\*\] primrec - -> Then primrec tests whether the top element on the stack (initially the -> 5) is equal to zero. If it is, it pops it off and executes one of the -> quotations, the \[1\] which leaves 1 on the stack as the result. -> Otherwise it pushes a decremented copy of the top element and recurses. -> On the way back from the recursion it uses the other quotation, \[\*\], -> to multiply what is now a factorial on top of the stack by the second -> element on the stack. - - - 0 [Base] [Recur] primrec - ------------------------------ - Base - - n [Base] [Recur] primrec - ------------------------------------------ n > 0 - n (n-1) [Base] [Recur] primrec Recur -
- - -Just as [sum] sums a list of numbers, this function multiplies them -together. - -### Definition - -> 1 [swap] \[[mul]\] [step] - -Or, - -> \[1\] \[[mul]\] [primrec] - - -
- - -"Quote D" Wrap the second item on the stack in a list. - - a b quoted - ---------------- - [a] b -
- - -Expect a number `n` on the stack and replace it with a list: -`[(n-1)...0]`. - -### Example - - 5 range - ----------------- - [4 3 2 1 0] - - -5 range - -------------- - [] -
[0 <=] [-- dup] anamorphism
- - -Take a number `n` from the stack and replace it with a list -`[0...n]`. - -### Example - - 5 range_to_zero - --------------------- - [0 1 2 3 4 5] -
unit [down_to_zero] infra
- - -Replace the first item in a list with the item under it. - - a [b ...] reco - -------------------- - [a ...] -
- - -See [mod](#mod). - -
- - -See [mod](#mod). - -
- - -Expects an item on the stack and a quote under it and removes that item +rest of the stack.) +Example
+5 7 [[+][-][*][/][%]] pam +------------------------------- + 5 7 [12 -2 35 0 5] +
Plus or minus. Replace two numbers with their sum and difference.
+ a b pm
+-----------------
+ (a+b) (a-b)
+[pop] the second item down on the stack.
+ a b popd
+--------------
+ b
+[pop] the third item on the stack.
+ a b c popdd
+-----------------
+ b c
+[pop] two items from the stack.
+ a b popop
+---------------
+[pop] the second and third items from the stack.
+ a b c popopd
+------------------
+ c
+ a b c d popopdd
+---------------------
+ c d
+[pop] three items from the stack.
+ a b c popopop
+-------------------
+Take two numbers a and n from the stack and raise a to the nth
+power. (n is on the top of the stack.)
a n pow
+-------------
+ (aⁿ)
+ 2 [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9] [pow] map
+-----------------------------------
+ 2 [4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512]
+combinator
From the "Overview of the language JOY"
+++The primrec combinator expects two quoted programs in addition to a +data parameter. For an integer data parameter it works like this: If +the data parameter is zero, then the first quotation has to produce the +value to be returned. If the data parameter is positive then the second +has to combine the data parameter with the result of applying the +function to its predecessor.
+5 [1] [*] primrec
+Then primrec tests whether the top element on the stack (initially the +5) is equal to zero. If it is, it pops it off and executes one of the +quotations, the [1] which leaves 1 on the stack as the result. +Otherwise it pushes a decremented copy of the top element and recurses. +On the way back from the recursion it uses the other quotation, [*], +to multiply what is now a factorial on top of the stack by the second +element on the stack.
+
0 [Base] [Recur] primrec
+------------------------------
+ Base
+
+ n [Base] [Recur] primrec
+------------------------------------------ n > 0
+ n (n-1) [Base] [Recur] primrec Recur
+Just as [sum] sums a list of numbers, this function multiplies them +together.
+++1 [swap] [[mul]] [step]
+
Or,
++[1] [[mul]] [primrec]
+
"Quote D" Wrap the second item on the stack in a list.
+ a b quoted
+----------------
+ [a] b
+Expect a number n on the stack and replace it with a list:
+[(n-1)...0].
5 range
+-----------------
+ [4 3 2 1 0]
+
+ -5 range
+--------------
+ []
+[0 <=] [-- dup] anamorphism
Take a number n from the stack and replace it with a list
+[0...n].
5 range_to_zero
+---------------------
+ [0 1 2 3 4 5]
+unit [down_to_zero] infra
Replace the first item in a list with the item under it.
+ a [b ...] reco
+--------------------
+ [a ...]
+Expects an item on the stack and a quote under it and removes that item from the the quote. The item is only removed once. If the list is empty -or the item isn't in the list then the list is unchanged. +or the item isn't in the list then the list is unchanged.
+ [1 2 3 1] 1 remove
+------------------------
+ [2 3 1]
+See the "Remove Function" notebook.
Reverse the list on the top of the stack.
+ [1 2 3] reverse
+---------------------
+ [3 2 1]
+Round a number to a given precision in decimal digits.
Run a quoted program in a list.
+ [1 2 +] run
+-----------------
+ [3]
+Use a Boolean value to select one of two items from a sequence. :
+ [a b] false select
+------------------------
+ a
- [1 2 3 1] 1 remove
- ------------------------
- [2 3 1]
-
-### Definition
-
-See the ["Remove Function" notebook](https://osdn.net/projects/joypy/scm/git/Thun/blobs/master/docs/notebooks/Remove-Function.ipynb).
-
-- - - [a ...] rest - ------------------ - [...] -
- - -Reverse the list on the top of the stack. - -### Example - - [1 2 3] reverse - --------------------- - [3 2 1] - -
- - - a b c rollup - ------------------ - c a b -
roll>
- - -Round a number to a given precision in decimal digits. -
- - -[Logical Right-Shift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_shift) - - a n rshift - ---------------- - (a∕2ⁿ) -
- - -Run a quoted program in a list. - -### Example - - [1 2 +] run - ----------------- - [3] -
- - -Use a Boolean value to select one of two items from a sequence. : - - [a b] false select - ------------------------ - a - - [a b] true select - ----------------------- - b -
- - -Print redistribution information. -
- - -Move the top item from one list to another. - -### Example - - [x y z] [a b c] shift - --------------------------- - [a x y z] [b c] -
- - -Like [concat] but [reverse] the top list into the second. - -### Example - - [a b c] [d e f] shunt - --------------------------- - [f e d a b c] -
- - -Replace a list with its size. - -### Example - - [23 [cats] 4] size - ------------------------ - 3 - -
- - -Given a list return it sorted. - -### Example - - [4 2 5 7 1] sort - ---------------------- - [1 2 4 5 7] - -
- - -Example code. -
[[[abs] ii <=] [[<>] [pop !-] or] and] [[!-] [[++]] [[--]] ifte dip] [[pop !-] [--] [++] ifte] ifte
- - -Split a list (second on the stack) at the position given by the number on -the top of the stack. - -### Example - - [1 2 3 4 5 6 7] 4 split_at - -------------------------------- - [5 6 7] [4 3 2 1] -
Print redistribution information.
Move the top item from one list to another.
+ [x y z] [a b c] shift
+---------------------------
+ [a x y z] [b c]
+Like [concat] but [reverse] the top list into the second.
+ [a b c] [d e f] shunt
+---------------------------
+ [f e d a b c]
+Replace a list with its size.
+ [23 [cats] 4] size
+------------------------
+ 3
+Given a list return it sorted.
+ [4 2 5 7 1] sort
+----------------------
+ [1 2 4 5 7]
+Example code.
[[[abs] ii <=] [[<>] [pop !-] or] and] [[!-] [[++]] [[--]] ifte dip] [[pop !-] [--] [++] ifte] ifte
Split a list (second on the stack) at the position given by the number on +the top of the stack.
+ [1 2 3 4 5 6 7] 4 split_at
+--------------------------------
+ [5 6 7] [4 3 2 1]
+- - -Split a list (second on the stack) at the position given by the number on +on the top of the stack.
Split a list (second on the stack) at the position given by the number on the top of the stack such that [concat] would reconstruct the original -list. - - [1 2 3 4 5 6 7] 4 split_list - ---------------------------------- - [1 2 3 4] [5 6 7] -
+list. +[1 2 3 4 5 6 7] 4 split_list +---------------------------------- + [1 2 3 4] [5 6 7] +
Function Combinator
+Return the square root of the number a. Negative numbers return complex +roots.
built-in
Put the stack onto the stack.
+ ... c b a stack
+---------------------------
+ ... c b a [a b c ...]
+Grab the stack under the top item and put it onto the stack.
+ ... 1 2 3 stackd
+------------------------
+ ... 1 2 [2 1 ...] 3
+combinator
Run a quoted program on each item in a sequence.
+ ... [] [Q] step
+---------------------
+ ...
-Square the number on the top of the stack.
-
- n sqr
- ------------
- n²
-+ ... [a] [Q] step +---------------------- + ... a Q -Function Combinator - -Return the square root of the number a. Negative numbers return complex -roots. -
- - -Put the stack onto the stack. - - ... c b a stack - --------------------------- - ... c b a [a b c ...] -
- - -Grab the stack under the top item and put it onto the stack. - -### Example - - ... 1 2 3 stackd - ------------------------ - ... 1 2 [2 1 ...] 3 - -
combinator
- - - -Run a quoted program on each item in a sequence. - - ... [] [Q] step - --------------------- - ... - - - ... [a] [Q] step - ---------------------- - ... a Q - - - ... [a b c] [Q] . step - ---------------------------------------- - ... a . Q [b c] [Q] step -
combinator
- - - -Like [step] but with 0 as the initial value. - - [...] [F] step_zero - ------------------------- - 0 [...] [F] step -
- - -Take the [stack] and [uncons] the top item. - -### Example - - 1 2 3 stuncons - -------------------- - 1 2 3 3 [2 1] -
- - -Take the [stack] and [uncons] the top two items. - -### Example - - 1 2 3 stununcons - ---------------------- - 1 2 3 3 2 [1] -
- - -Subtract the number on the top of the stack from the number below it. - - a b sub - ------------- - (a-b) -
combinator
- - - -Given a quoted sequence of numbers return the sum. - -### Example - - [1 2 3 4 5] sum - --------------------- - 15 -
- - -Swap stack. Take a list from the top of the stack, replace the stack -with the list, and put the old stack onto it. - -### Example - - 1 2 3 [4 5 6] swaack - -------------------------- - 6 5 4 [3 2 1] -
- - -Swap the second and third items on the stack. - - a b c swapd - ----------------- - b a c -
- - -Like [cons] but [swap] the item and list. - - [...] a swons - ------------------- - [a ...] - -
combinator
- - - -A specialization of the [genrec] combinator. -
combinator
Like [step] but with 0 as the initial value.
+ [...] [F] step_zero
+-------------------------
+ 0 [...] [F] step
+Take the [stack] and [uncons] the top item.
+ 1 2 3 stuncons
+--------------------
+ 1 2 3 3 [2 1]
+Take the [stack] and [uncons] the top two items.
+ 1 2 3 stununcons
+----------------------
+ 1 2 3 3 2 [1]
+Subtract the number on the top of the stack from the number below it.
+ a b sub
+-------------
+ (a-b)
+combinator
Given a quoted sequence of numbers return the sum.
+ [1 2 3 4 5] sum
+---------------------
+ 15
+built-in
Swap stack. Take a list from the top of the stack, replace the stack +with the list, and put the old stack onto it.
+ 1 2 3 [4 5 6] swaack
+--------------------------
+ 6 5 4 [3 2 1]
+Swap the second and third items on the stack.
+ a b c swapd
+-----------------
+ b a c
+Like [cons] but [swap] the item and list.
+ [...] a swons
+-------------------
+ [a ...]
+combinator
A specialization of the [genrec] combinator.
+See the [Recursion Combinators notebook](https://joypy.osdn.io/notebooks/Recursion_Combinators.html).
Expects an integer n and a list on the stack and replace them with a list
+with just the top n items in reverse order.
[a b c d] 2 take
+----------------------
+ [b a]
+combinator
Run a quoted program using exactly three stack values and leave the first +item of the result on the stack.
+ ... z y x [P] ternary
+-------------------------
+ ... a
+combinator
Expect a quoted program and an integer n on the stack and do the
+program n times.
... n [Q] . times
+----------------------- w/ n <= 0
+ ... .
+ ... 1 [Q] . times
+-----------------------
+ ... . Q
-Expects an integer `n` and a list on the stack and replace them with a list
-with just the top `n` items in reverse order.
-
- [a b c d] 2 take
- ----------------------
- [b a]
-combinator
- - - -Run a quoted program using exactly three stack values and leave the first -item of the result on the stack. - - ... z y x [P] ternary - ------------------------- - ... a -
combinator
- - - -Expect a quoted program and an integer `n` on the stack and do the -program `n` times. - - ... n [Q] . times - ----------------------- w/ n <= 0 - ... . - - ... 1 [Q] . times - ----------------------- - ... . Q - - ... n [Q] . times - ------------------------------------- w/ n > 1 - ... . Q (n-1) [Q] times - -
- - -See [bool](#bool). - -
- - -[dup] the item on the top of the stack under the second item on the -stack. - - a b tuck - -------------- - b a b -
- - -(Combinator) - -Run a quoted program using exactly one stack value and leave the first -item of the result on the stack. - - ... x [P] unary - --------------------- - ... a -
- - -Removes an item from a list and leaves it on the stack under the rest of -the list. You cannot `uncons` an item from an empty list. - - [a ...] uncons - -------------------- - a [...] -
- - -Given a list remove duplicate items. - -
combinator
- - - -Unquote (using [i]) the list that is second on the stack. - -### Example - - 1 2 [3 4] 5 unquoted - -------------------------- - 1 2 3 4 5 -
- - -True if the form on TOS is void otherwise False. -
[dup] the item on the top of the stack under the second item on the +stack.
+ a b tuck
+--------------
+ b a b
+(Combinator)
+Run a quoted program using exactly one stack value and leave the first +item of the result on the stack.
+ ... x [P] unary
+---------------------
+ ... a
+Removes an item from a list and leaves it on the stack under the rest of
+the list. You cannot uncons an item from an empty list.
[a ...] uncons
+--------------------
+ a [...]
+Given a list remove duplicate items.
combinator
Unquote (using [i]) the list that is second on the stack.
+ 1 2 [3 4] 5 unquoted
+--------------------------
+ 1 2 3 4 5
+True if the form on TOS is void otherwise False.
+"Laws of Form", see [The Markable Mark](http://www.markability.net/)
Print warranty information.
combinator
A specialization of [loop] that accepts a quoted predicate program P
+and runs it [nullary].
[P] [F] while
+------------------- P -> false
-
-Print warranty information.
-
-combinator
- - - -A specialization of [loop] that accepts a quoted predicate program `P` -and runs it [nullary]. - - [P] [F] while - ------------------- P -> false - - [P] [F] while - --------------------- P -> true - F [P] [F] while -
- - -Print all the words in alphabetical order. -
combinator
- - - -Take a quoted function `F` and run it with itself as the first item on -the stack. - - [F] x - ----------- - [F] F -
Print all the words in alphabetical order.
combinator
Take a quoted function F and run it with itself as the first item on
+the stack.
[F] x
+-----------
+ [F] F
+- - -Replace the two lists on the top of the stack with a list of the pairs -from each list. The smallest list sets the length of the result list. - -### Example - - [1 2 3] [4 5 6] zip - ------------------------- - [[4 1] [5 2] [6 3]] -
combinator
- - - -Short-circuiting Boolean OR - -
Replace the two lists on the top of the stack with a list of the pairs +from each list. The smallest list sets the length of the result list.
+ [1 2 3] [4 5 6] zip
+-------------------------
+ [[4 1] [5 2] [6 3]]
+combinator
Short-circuiting Boolean OR
Version -10.0.0
-Each function, combinator, or definition should be documented here.
-Function
-Return the absolute value of the argument.
-- --
Basis Function
-Add two numbers together: a + b.
-Combinator
-Short-circuiting Boolean AND
-Accept two quoted programs, run the first and expect a Boolean value, if it’s true pop it and run the second program (which should also return a Boolean value) otherwise pop the second program (leaving false on the stack.)
Version -10.0.0
Each function, combinator, or definition should be documented here.
Not negative.
+ n !-
+----------- n < 0
+ false
+
+
+ n !-
+---------- n >= 0
+ true
+combinator
Short-circuiting Boolean AND
+Accept two quoted programs, run the first and expect a Boolean value, if
+it's true pop it and run the second program (which should also return a
+Boolean value) otherwise pop the second program (leaving false on the
+stack.)
[A] [B] &&
---------------- true
B
@@ -240,288 +20,134 @@
[A] [B] &&
---------------- false
- falsenulco [nullary [false]] dip branchTODO: this is derived in one of the notebooks I think, look it up and link to it, or copy the content here.
-This is seldom useful, I suspect, but this way you have it.
-See and.
-Combinator
-Build a list of values from a generator program G and a stopping predicate P.
nulco [nullary [false]] dip branch
+TODO: this is derived in one of the notebooks I think, look it up and +link to it, or copy the content here.
... b a <{}
+-----------------
+ ... [] b a
+[] rollup
... a <{}
+----------------
+ ... [] a
+[] swap
Is the item on the top of the stack "truthy"?
Add two numbers together: a + b.
combinator
Build a list of values from a generator program G and a stopping
+predicate P.
[P] [G] anamorphism
-----------------------------------------
- [P] [pop []] [G] [dip swons] genrec- --
The range function generates a list of the integers from 0 to n - 1:
-[0 <=] [-- dup] anamorphism
-
See the Recursion Combinators notebook.
-Basis Function
-Logical bit-wise AND.
-“apply one”
-Combinator
-Given a quoted program on TOS and anything as the second stack item run the program without disturbing the stack and replace the two args with the first result of the program.
+combinator
"apply one"
+Given a quoted program on TOS and anything as the second stack item run +the program without disturbing the stack and replace the two args with +the first result of the program.
... x [Q] app1
---------------------------------
- ... [x ...] [Q] infra firstThis is the same effect as the unary combinator.
-- --
Just a specialization of nullary really. Its parallelizable cousins are more useful.
Combinator
-Like app1 with two items.
+ ... [x ...] [Q] infra first + +This is the same effect as the unary combinator.
combinator
Like app1 with two items.
... y x [Q] . app2
-----------------------------------
... [y ...] [Q] . infra first
- [x ...] [Q] infra first- --
Unlike app1, which is essentially an alias for unary, this function is not the same as binary. Instead of running one program using exactly two items from the stack and pushing one result (as binary does) this function takes two items from the stack and runs the program twice, separately for each of the items, then puts both results onto the stack.
-This is not currently implemented as parallel processes but it can (and should) be done.
-Combinator
-Like app1 with three items.
+ [x ...] [Q] infra first +combinator
Like [app1] with three items.
... z y x [Q] . app3
-----------------------------------
... [z ...] [Q] . infra first
[y ...] [Q] infra first
- [x ...] [Q] infra first--3 appN
-
See app2.
-Combinator
-Like app1 with any number of items.
+ [x ...] [Q] infra first +combinator
Like [app1] with any number of items.
... xN ... x2 x1 x0 [Q] n . appN
--------------------------------------
... [xN ...] [Q] . infra first
...
[x2 ...] [Q] infra first
[x1 ...] [Q] infra first
- [x0 ...] [Q] infra first- --
This function takes a quoted function Q and an integer and runs the function that many times on that many stack items. See also app2.
See mul.
-See getitem.
-Function
-Compute the average of a list of numbers. (Currently broken until I can figure out what to do about “numeric tower” in Thun.)
-- --
Theoretically this function would compute the sum and the size in two separate threads, then divide. This works but a compiled version would probably do better to sum and count the list once, in one thread, eh?
-As an exercise in Functional Programming in Joy it would be fun to convert this into a catamorphism. See the Recursion Combinators notebook.
-Combinator
-Run a quoted program using exactly two stack values and leave the first item of the result on the stack.
- ... y x [P] binary
------------------------
- ... a- --
Runs any other quoted function and returns its first result while consuming exactly two items from the stack.
-Combinator
-Run two quoted programs
+ [x0 ...] [Q] infra first +[grabN] codi map reverse disenstacken
Compute the average of a list of numbers. +(Currently broken until I can figure out what to do about "numeric tower" +in Thun.)
combinator
Run two quoted programs
[P] [Q] b
---------------
- P Q- --
This combinator may seem trivial but it comes in handy.
-Basis Function
-Convert the item on the top of the stack to a Boolean value.
-For integers 0 is false and any other number is true; for lists the empty list is false and all other lists are true.
Basis Combinator
-Use a Boolean value to select and run one of two quoted programs.
+ P Q +combinator
Run a quoted program using exactly two stack values and leave the first +item of the result on the stack.
+ ... y x [P] binary
+-----------------------
+ ... a
+Convert the item on the top of the stack to a Boolean value.
combinator built-in
Use a Boolean value to select and run one of two quoted programs.
false [F] [T] branch
--------------------------
F
true [F] [T] branch
-------------------------
- T- --
This is one of the fundamental operations (although it can be defined in terms of choice as above). The more common “if..then..else” construct ifte adds a predicate function that is evaluated nullary.
-See id.
-Function
- a b c d [...] ccccons
+ T
+ a b c d [...] ccccons
---------------------------
- [a b c d ...]Do cons four times.
-- --
Function
- a b [...] ccons
+ [a b c d ...]
+Do [cons] four times.
a b [...] ccons
---------------------
- [a b ...]Do cons two times.
-- --
Basis Function
-Use a Boolean value to select one of two items.
+ [a b ...] + +Do [cons] two times.
Use a Boolean value to select one of two items.
a b false choice
----------------------
a
a b true choice
---------------------
- b- --
It’s a matter of taste whether you implement this in terms of branch or the other way around.
-See xor.
-Basis Function
-Clear everything from the stack.
-- --
Combinator
-Run two programs in parallel, consuming one additional item, and put their results on the stack.
+ b +combinator
Run two programs in parallel, consuming one additional item, and put their +results on the stack.
... x [A] [B] cleave
------------------------
- ... a b- +-[fork] [popdd]
1 2 3 [+] [-] cleave
--------------------------
- 1 2 5 -1One of a handful of useful parallel combinators.
-Combinator
-Run two programs in parallel, consuming two additional items, and put their results on the stack.
+ 1 2 5 -1 +combinator
Run two programs in parallel, consuming two additional items, and put their results on the stack.
... x y [A] [B] clop
--------------------------
- ... a b- --
Like cleave but consumes an additional item from the stack.
- 1 2 3 4 [+] [-] clop
---------------------------
- 1 2 7 -1Combinator
-Take two values and three quoted programs on the stack and run one of the three depending on the results of comparing the two values.
+ ... a b +combinator
Take two values and three quoted programs on the stack and run one +of the three depending on the results of comparing the two values.
a b [G] [E] [L] cmp
------------------------- a > b
G
@@ -532,56 +158,32 @@
a b [G] [E] [L] cmp
------------------------- a < b
- LThis is useful sometimes, and you can dup or dupd with two quoted programs to handle the cases when you just want to deal with <= or >= and not all three possibilities, e.g.:
-[G] [EL] dup cmp
-
-[GE] [L] dupd cmpOr even:
-[GL] [E] over cmpTODO: link to tree notebooks where this was used.
-Combinator
-Take a quoted program from the stack, cons the next item onto it, then dip the whole thing under what was the third item on the stack.
+ L +combinator
Take a quoted program from the stack, [cons] the next item onto it, then +[dip] the whole thing under what was the third item on the stack.
a b [F] . codi
--------------------
- b . F a- --
This is one of those weirdly specific functions that turns out to be useful in a few places.
-Combinator
-This is part of the make_generator function. You would not use this combinator directly.
-- --
See make_generator and the “Using x to Generate Values” notebook as well as Recursion Theory and Joy by Manfred von Thun.
Function
-Concatinate two lists.
+ b . F a +combinator
This is part of the [make_generator] function. You would not use this +combinator directly.
Concatinate two lists.
[a b c] [d e f] concat
----------------------------
- [a b c d e f]first first_two flatten fourth getitem remove rest reverse rrest second shift shunt size sort split_at split_list swaack third zip
-Combinator
-This combinator works like a case statement. It expects a single quote on the stack that must contain zero or more condition quotes and a default quote. Each condition quote should contain a quoted predicate followed by the function expression to run if that predicate returns true. If no predicates return true the default function runs.
combinator
This combinator works like a case statement. It expects a single quote
+on the stack that must contain zero or more condition quotes and a
+default quote. Each condition quote should contain a quoted predicate
+followed by the function expression to run if that predicate returns
+true. If no predicates return true the default function runs.
[
[ [Predicate0] Function0 ]
[ [Predicate1] Function1 ]
@@ -589,1018 +191,459 @@
[ [PredicateN] FunctionN ]
[Default]
]
-condIt works by rewriting into a chain of nested ifte expressions, e.g.:
- [[[B0] T0] [[B1] T1] [D]] cond
------------------------------------------
- [B0] [T0] [[B1] [T1] [D] ifte] ifteBasis Function
-Given an item and a list, append the item to the list to make a new list.
+cond +built-in
Given an item and a list, append the item to the list to make a new list.
a [...] cons
------------------
- [a ...]Cons is a venerable old function from Lisp. Its inverse operation is uncons.
-Combinator
-Specialist function (that means I forgot what it does and why.)
-- --
Combinator
-Like dip but expects three items. :
- ... z y x [Q] . dip
------------------------------
- ... . Q z y xSee dip.
-Combinator
-Like dip but expects two items.
- ... y x [Q] . dipd
--------------------------
- ... . Q y xSee dip.
-dip dipdd dupdip dupdipd infra
-Basis Combinator
-The dip combinator expects a quoted program on the stack and below it some item, it hoists the item into the expression and runs the program on the rest of the stack.
combinator built-in
The dip combinator expects a quoted program on the stack and below it
+some item, it hoists the item into the expression and runs the program
+on the rest of the stack.
... x [Q] . dip
---------------------
- ... . Q xThis along with infra are enough to update any datastructure. See the “Traversing Datastructures with Zippers” notebook.
-Note that the item that was on the top of the stack (x in the example above) will not be treated specially by the interpreter when it is reached again. This is something of a footgun. My advice is to avoid putting bare unquoted symbols onto the stack, but then you can’t use symbols as “atoms” and also use dip and infra to operate on compound datastructures with atoms in them. This is a kind of side-effect of the Continuation-Passing Style. The dip combinator could “set aside” the item and replace it after running Q but that means that there is an “extra space” where the item resides while Q runs. One of the nice things about CPS is that the whole state is recorded in the stack and pending expression (not counting modifications to the dictionary.)
dipd dipdd dupdip dupdipd infra
-Function
-The disenstacken function expects a list on top of the stack and makes that the stack discarding the rest of the stack.
combinator
Like [dip] but expects two items.
+ ... y x [Q] . dipd
+-------------------------
+ ... . Q y x
+combinator
Like [dip] but expects three items. :
+ ... z y x [Q] . dip
+-----------------------------
+ ... . Q z y x
+The disenstacken function expects a list on top of the stack and makes
+that the stack discarding the rest of the stack.
1 2 3 [4 5 6] disenstacken
--------------------------------
- 6 5 4- --
Note that the order of the list is not changed, it just looks that way because the stack is printed with the top on the right while lists are printed with the top or head on the left.
-See floordiv.
-Function
- x y divmod
+ 6 5 4
+ x y divmod
------------------
q r
- (x/y) (x%y)Invariant: qy + r = x.
- --
Function
-Given a number greater than zero put all the Natural numbers (including zero) less than that onto the stack.
-Invariant: qy + r = x.
Given a number greater than zero put all the Natural numbers (including +zero) less than that onto the stack.
+ 3 down_to_zero
--------------------
- 3 2 1 0- --
Function
-Expects an integer and a quote on the stack and returns the quote with n items removed off the top.
-Expects an integer and a quote on the stack and returns the quote with n +items removed off the top.
+ [a b c d] 2 drop
----------------------
- [c d]- --
Function
-dup the third item down on the stack.
+ [c d] +[dup] the third item down on the stack.
a b c dupdd
-----------------
- a a b c- --
Combinator
-Run a copy of program F under the next item down on the stack.
a [F] dupdipd
--------------------
- F a [F]- --
Combinator
-Apply a function F and dup the item under it on the stack.
combinator
Apply a function F and [dup] the item under it on the stack.
a [F] dupdip
------------------
- a F a- --
a [F] dupdip
a [F] dupd dip
a [F] [dup] dip dip
a dup [F] dip
a a [F] dip
-a F aA very common and useful combinator.
-Function
-dup the second item down on the stack.
- a b dupd
---------------
- a a b- --
Basis Function
-“Dup”licate the top item on the stack.
- a dup
------------
- a aFunction
-Put the stack onto the stack replacing the contents of the stack.
+a F a +combinator
Run a copy of program F under the next item down on the stack.
a [F] dupdipd
+-------------------
+ F a [F]
+Put the stack onto the stack replacing the contents of the stack.
... a b c enstacken
-------------------------
- [c b a ...]- --
This is a destructive version of stack. See the note under disenstacken about the apparent but illusory reversal of the stack.
-stack [unstack] disenstacken
-Basis Function
-Compare the two items on the top of the stack for equality and replace them with a Boolean value.
+ [c b a ...] +Compare the two items on the top of the stack for equality and replace +them with a Boolean value.
a b eq
-------------
Boolean
- (a = b)See eq.
-See ne.
-Function
-Not negative.
- n !-
------------ n < 0
- false
-
-
- n !-
----------- n >= 0
- true0 \>=Return a Boolean value indicating if a number is greater than or equal to zero.
-Function
-Replace a list with its first item.
+ (a = b) +built-in
Replace a list with its first item.
[a ...]
--------------
- a- --
Function
-Replace a list with its first two items.
+ a +Given a list of lists, concatinate them.
+ [[1 2] [3 [4] 5] [6 7]] flatten
-------------------------------------
- [1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7]- --
Note that only one “level” of lists is flattened. In the example above [4] is not unquoted.
concat first first_two fourth getitem remove rest reverse rrest second shift shunt size sort split_at split_list swaack third zip
-Basis Function
-I don’t know why this is called “floor” div, I think it rounds its result down (not towards zero or up.)
+ [1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7] +Return the largest integer \<= x.
I don't know why this is called "floor" div, I think it rounds its +result down (not towards zero or up.)
a b floordiv
------------------
- (a/b)All the division commands need to be revisited when the “numeric tower” for Thun gets nailed down.
-Basis Function
-Return the largest integer <= x.
-This function doesn’t make sense (yet) to have because there are (as yet) only integers in the system.
-Combinator
-Run two quoted programs in parallel and replace them with their results.
+ (a/b) +combinator
Run two quoted programs in parallel and replace them with their results.
... [F] [G] fork
----------------------
- ... f g- --
The basic parallelism combinator, the two programs are run independently.
-Function
-Replace a list with its fourth item.
+ ... f g +Replace a list with its fourth item.
[a b c d ...] fourth
--------------------------
- d- --
Function
-Compiled GCD function.
-See gcd.
-Function
-Take two integers from the stack and replace them with their Greatest Common Denominator.
-- --
Euclid’s Algorithm
-Basis Function
-Greater-than-or-equal-to comparison of two numbers.
+ d +Take two integers from the stack and replace them with their Greatest +Common Denominator.
Greater-than-or-equal-to comparison of two numbers.
a b ge
--------------
Boolean
- (a >= b)Combinator
-General Recursion Combinator.
+ (a >= b) +combinator
General Recursion Combinator.
[if] [then] [rec1] [rec2] genrec
---------------------------------------------------------------------
- [if] [then] [rec1 [[if] [then] [rec1] [rec2] genrec] rec2] ifte- --
(Note that this definition includes the genrec symbol itself, it is self-referential. This is possible because the definition machinery does not check that symbols in defs are in the dictionary. genrec is the only self-referential definition.)
See the Recursion Combinators notebook.
-From “Recursion Theory and Joy” by Manfred von Thun:
---“The genrec combinator takes four program parameters in addition to whatever data parameters it needs. Fourth from the top is an if-part, followed by a then-part. If the if-part yields true, then the then-part is executed and the combinator terminates. The other two parameters are the rec1-part and the rec2-part. If the if-part yields false, the rec1-part is executed. Following that the four program parameters and the combinator are again pushed onto the stack bundled up in a quoted form. Then the rec2-part is executed, where it will find the bundled form. Typically it will then execute the bundled form, either with i or with app2, or some other combinator.”
-
The way to design one of these is to fix your base case [then] and the test [if], and then treat rec1 and rec2 as an else-part “sandwiching” a quotation of the whole function.
For example, given a (general recursive) function F:
F == [I] [T] [R1] [R2] genrecIf the [I] if-part fails you must derive R1 and R2 from: :
... R1 [F] R2Just set the stack arguments in front, and figure out what R1 and R2 have to do to apply the quoted [F] in the proper way. In effect, the genrec combinator turns into an ifte combinator with a quoted copy of the original definition in the else-part:
F == [I] [T] [R1] [R2] genrec
- == [I] [T] [R1 [F] R2] ifteTail recursive functions are those where R2 is the i combinator:
P == [I] [T] [R] tailrec
- == [I] [T] [R [P] i] ifte
- == [I] [T] [R P] ifteFunction
-Expects an integer and a quote on the stack and returns the item at the nth position in the quote counting from 0.
-Expects an integer and a quote on the stack and returns the item at the +nth position in the quote counting from 0.
+ [a b c d] 2 getitem
-------------------------
- c- --
If the number isn’t a valid index into the quote getitem will cause some sort of problem (the exact nature of which is implementation-dependant.)
concat first first_two flatten fourth remove rest reverse rrest second shift shunt size sort split_at split_list swaack third zip
-Function
-Expect a number on the top of the stack and cons that many items from under it onto a new list.
-Expect a number on the top of the stack and [cons] that many items from under it onto a new list.
+ a b c d e 3 grabN
-----------------------
- a b [c d e]- --
Function
-A weird function used in app2 that does this:
+ a b [c d e] +A weird function used in [app2] that does this:
... 1 2 3 4 5 grba
-------------------------------
- ... 1 2 3 [4 3 2 1 ...] 5It grabs the stack under the top item, and substitutes it for the second item down on the stack.
-- --
This function “grabs” an item from the stack along with a copy of the stack. It’s part of the app2 definition.
-See ge.
-See rshift.
-See gt.
-Basis Function
-Greater-than comparison of two numbers.
+ ... 1 2 3 [4 3 2 1 ...] 5 + +It grabs the stack under the top item, and substitutes it for the second item down on the stack.
Greater-than comparison of two numbers.
a b gt
--------------
Boolean
- (a > b)Function
-Accepts a quoted symbol on the top of the stack and prints its documentation.
+ (a > b) +Accepts a quoted symbol on the top of the stack and prints its +documentation.
[foo] help
-----------------Technically this is equivalent to pop, but it will only work if the item on the top of the stack is a quoted symbol.
See pred.
-See sub.
-Function
- x y hypot
+----------------
+ x y hypot
---------------------------
- sqrt(sqr(x) + sqr(y))- --
This is another function that has to wait on the numeric tower.
-Basis Function
-The identity function.
-Does nothing. It’s kind of a mathematical thing, but it occasionally comes in handy.
-Combinator
-If-Then-Else combinator, a common and convenient specialization of branch.
- [if] [then] [else] ifte
----------------------------------------
- [if] nullary [else] [then] branch- --
Combinator
-Take a quoted program from the stack and run it twice, first under the top item, then again with the top item.
-... a [Q] ii
-------------------
- ... Q a Q- --
It’s a little tricky to understand how this works so here’s an example trace:
- 1 2 3 4 [++] • [dip] dupdip i
-1 2 3 4 [++] [dip] • dupdip i
- 1 2 3 4 [++] • dip [++] i
- 1 2 3 • ++ 4 [++] i
- 1 2 4 • 4 [++] i
- 1 2 4 4 • [++] i
- 1 2 4 4 [++] • i
- 1 2 4 4 • ++
- 1 2 4 5 •In some cases (like the example above) this is the same effect as using app2 but most of the time it’s not:
- 1 2 3 4 [+] ii
---------------------
- 1 9
-
- 1 2 3 4 [+] app2
-----------------------
- 1 2 5 6Basis Combinator
-Append a quoted expression onto the pending expression.
+ sqrt(sqr(x) + sqr(y)) +combinator built-in
Append a quoted expression onto the pending expression.
[Q] . i
-------------
- . QThis is a fundamental combinator. It is used in all kinds of places. For example, the x combinator can be defined as dup i.
Combinator
-Accept a quoted program and a list on the stack and run the program with the list as its stack. Does not affect the stack (below the list.)
+ . Q +The identity function.
combinator
If-Then-Else combinator, a common and convenient specialization of [branch].
+ [if] [then] [else] ifte
+---------------------------------------
+ [if] nullary [else] [then] branch
+combinator
Take a quoted program from the stack and run it twice, first under the +top item, then again with the top item.
+... a [Q] ii
+------------------
+ ... Q a Q
+It's a little tricky to understand how this works so here's an example trace:
+ 1 2 3 4 [++] • [dip] dupdip i
+1 2 3 4 [++] [dip] • dupdip i
+ 1 2 3 4 [++] • dip [++] i
+ 1 2 3 • ++ 4 [++] i
+ 1 2 4 • 4 [++] i
+ 1 2 4 4 • [++] i
+ 1 2 4 4 [++] • i
+ 1 2 4 4 • ++
+ 1 2 4 5 •
+combinator
Accept a quoted program and a list on the stack and run the program with +the list as its stack. Does not affect the stack (below the list.)
... x y z [a b c] [Q] infra
---------------------------------
- c b a Q [z y x ...] swaack- --
... [a b c] [F] swons swaack [i] dip swaack
+ c b a Q [z y x ...] swaack
+
+
+... [a b c] [F] swons swaack [i] dip swaack
... [[F] a b c] swaack [i] dip swaack
c b a [F] [...] [i] dip swaack
c b a [F] i [...] swaack
c b a F [...] swaack
d e [...] swaack
-... [e d]This is one of the more useful combinators. It allows a quoted expression to serve as a stack for a program, effectively running it in a kind of “pocket universe”. If the list represents a datastructure then infra lets you work on its internal structure.
Combinator
-Does infra and then extracts the first item from the resulting list.
-- --
Create a new Joy function definition in the Joy dictionary. A definition is given as a quote with a name followed by a Joy expression.
-[sqr dup mul] inscribeThis is the only function that modifies the dictionary. It’s provided as a convenience, for tinkering with new definitions before entering them into the defs.txt file. It can be abused, which you should avoid unless you know what you’re doing.
Basis Function
-Less-Than-or-Equal-to comparison of the two items on the top of the stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
+... [e d] +Create a new Joy function definition in the Joy dictionary. A definition +is given as a quote with a name followed by a Joy expression.
+[sqr dup mul] inscribe
+Less-Than-or-Equal-to comparison of the two items on the top of the +stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
a b le
-------------
Boolean
- (a <= b)See le.
-See ne.
-Function
- ... a <{}
-----------------
- ... [] a[] swapTuck an empty list just under the first item on the stack.
-Function
- ... b a <{}
------------------
- ... [] b a[] rollupTuck an empty list just under the first two items on the stack.
-See lshift.
-See lt.
-Basis Combinator
-Expect a quoted program Q and a Boolean value on the stack. If the value is false discard the quoted program, otherwise run a copy of Q and loop again.
combinator built-in
Expect a quoted program Q and a Boolean value on the stack. If the value is false
+discard the quoted program, otherwise run a copy of Q and loop again.
false [Q] loop
--------------------
true [Q] . loop
--------------------------
- . Q [Q] loopThis, along with branch and fork, is one of the four main combinators of all programming. The fourth, sequence, is implied by juxtaposition. That is to say, in Joy F G is like G(F(...)) in a language bassed on function application. Or again, to quote the Joy Wikipedia entry,
--In Joy, the meaning function is a homomorphism from the syntactic monoid onto the semantic monoid. That is, the syntactic relation of concatenation of symbols maps directly onto the semantic relation of composition of functions.
-
Anyway, branch, fork, amd loop are the fundamental combinators in Joy. Just as branch has it’s more common and convenient form ifte, loop has while.
-Basis Function
- + . Q [Q] loop + a n lshift
----------------
- (a×2ⁿ)Basis Function
-Less-Than comparison of the two items on the top of the stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
+ (a×2ⁿ) +Less-Than comparison of the two items on the top of the +stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
a b lt
-------------
Boolean
- (a < b)Function
-Given an initial state value and a quoted generator function build a generator quote.
+ (a < b) +Given an initial state value and a quoted generator function build a +generator quote.
state [generator function] make_generator
-----------------------------------------------
- [state [generator function] codireco] 230 [dup ++] make_generator
---------------------------------
- [230 [dup ++] codireco]And then:
[230 [dup ++] codireco] 5 [x] times pop
---------------------------------------------
- 230 231 232 233 234- --
See the “Using x to Generate Values” notebook.
Combinator
-Given a list of items and a quoted program run the program for each item in the list (with the rest of the stack) and replace the old list and the program with a list of the results.
-combinator
Given a list of items and a quoted program run the program for each item +in the list (with the rest of the stack) and replace the old list and the +program with a list of the results.
+ 5 [1 2 3] [++ *] map
--------------------------
- 5 [10 15 20]This is a common operation in many languages. In Joy it can be a parallelism combinator due to the “pure” nature of the language.
-Basis Function
-Given a list find the maximum.
-Given a list find the maximum.
+ [1 2 3 4] max
-------------------
- 4Basis Function
-Given a list find the minimum.
-Given a list find the minimum.
+ [1 2 3 4] min
-------------------
- 1 Basis Function
-Return the remainder of a divided by b.
Return the remainder of a divided by b.
a b mod
-------------
- (a%b)See mod.
-Basis Function
-Multiply two numbers.
+ (a%b) +%
Multiply two numbers.
a b mul
-------------
- (a×b)Function
-Invert the sign of a number.
- a neg
------------
- -a- --
Basis Function
-Not-Equal comparison of the two items on the top of the stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
+ (a×b) +Not-Equal comparison of the two items on the top of the +stack, replacing them with a Boolean value.
a b ne
-------------
Boolean
- (a = b)Function
-Like bool but convert the item on the top of the stack to the inverse Boolean value.
+ (a = b) +Like [bool] but convert the item on the top of the stack to the inverse +Boolean value.
true not
--------------
false
false not
---------------
- true- --
Function
-Take the item on the top of the stack and cons it onto [nullary].
Take the item on the top of the stack and [cons] it onto [nullary].
[F] nulco
-------------------
- [[F] nullary]- --
Helper function for || and &&.
-Combinator
-Run a quoted program without using any stack values and leave the first item of the result on the stack.
+ [[F] nullary] +combinator
Run a quoted program without using any stack values and leave the first +item of the result on the stack.
... [P] nullary
---------------------
- ... a- --
... [P] nullary
... [P] [stack] dip infra first
... stack [P] infra first
... [...] [P] infra first
... [a ...] first
-... aA very useful function that runs any other quoted function and returns it’s first result without disturbing the stack (under the quoted program.)
-Function
-Like getitem but swaps the order of arguments.
-Like [getitem] but [swap]s the order of arguments.
+ 2 [a b c d] of
--------------------
- c- --
Basis Function
-Logical bit-wise OR.
-Function
-dup the second item on the stack over the first.
[dup] the second item on the stack over the first.
a b over
--------------
- a b aThere are many many ways to define this function.
- +-[swap] [tuck]
+[[pop]] [nullary]
+[[dup]] [dip] [swap]
+[unit] [dupdip]
+[unit] [dupdipd] [first]
- --
- --
- --
- --
And so on…
-A fine old word from Forth.
-Combinator
-Take a list of quoted functions from the stack and replace it with a list of the first results from running those functions (on copies of the rest of the stack.)
-And so on...
combinator
Take a list of quoted functions from the stack and replace it with a list +of the [first] results from running those functions (on copies of the +rest of the stack.)
+ 5 7 [[+][-][*][/][%]] pam
-------------------------------
- 5 7 [12 -2 35 0 5]- --
A specialization of map that runs a list of functions in parallel (if the underlying map function is so implemented, of course.)
-See mod.
-See getitem.
-See add.
-See succ.
-Function
-Plus or minus. Replace two numbers with their sum and difference.
+ 5 7 [12 -2 35 0 5] +Plus or minus. Replace two numbers with their sum and difference.
a b pm
-----------------
- (a+b) (a-b)--[+] [-] clop
-
Function
-pop the third item on the stack.
- a b c popdd
------------------
- b c- --
pop popd popop popopd popopdd popopop
-Function
-pop the second item down on the stack.
+ (a+b) (a-b) +[pop] the second item down on the stack.
a b popd
--------------
- b- --
pop popdd popop popopd popopdd popopop
-Basis Function
-Pop the top item from the stack and discard it.
- a pop
------------popd popdd popop popopd popopdd popopop
-Function
- a b c d popopdd
----------------------
- c d- --
pop popd popdd popop popopd popopop
-Function
-pop the second and third items from the stack.
+ b +[pop] the third item on the stack.
+ a b c popdd
+-----------------
+ b c
+[pop] two items from the stack.
+ a b popop
+---------------
+[pop] the second and third items from the stack.
a b c popopd
------------------
- c- --
pop popd popdd popop popopdd popopop
-Function
-pop two items from the stack.
- a b popop
----------------- --
pop popd popdd popopd popopdd popopop
-Function
-pop three items from the stack.
+ c + a b c d popopdd
+---------------------
+ c d
+Take two numbers a and n from the stack and raise a to the nth
+power. (n is on the top of the stack.)
a n pow
-------------
- (aⁿ) 2 [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9] [pow] map
-----------------------------------
- 2 [4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512]Function
-Predecessor. Decrement TOS.
-combinator
From the "Overview of the language JOY"
--1 -
-
Combinator
-From the “Overview of the language JOY”
---The primrec combinator expects two quoted programs in addition to a data parameter. For an integer data parameter it works like this: If the data parameter is zero, then the first quotation has to produce the value to be returned. If the data parameter is positive then the second has to combine the data parameter with the result of applying the function to its predecessor.
-
--5 [1] [*] primrec
-
-Then primrec tests whether the top element on the stack (initially the 5) is equal to zero. If it is, it pops it off and executes one of the quotations, the [1] which leaves 1 on the stack as the result. Otherwise it pushes a decremented copy of the top element and recurses. On the way back from the recursion it uses the other quotation, [*], to multiply what is now a factorial on top of the stack by the second element on the stack.
+The primrec combinator expects two quoted programs in addition to a +data parameter. For an integer data parameter it works like this: If +the data parameter is zero, then the first quotation has to produce the +value to be returned. If the data parameter is positive then the second +has to combine the data parameter with the result of applying the +function to its predecessor.
+5 [1] [*] primrec
+Then primrec tests whether the top element on the stack (initially the +5) is equal to zero. If it is, it pops it off and executes one of the +quotations, the [1] which leaves 1 on the stack as the result. +Otherwise it pushes a decremented copy of the top element and recurses. +On the way back from the recursion it uses the other quotation, [*], +to multiply what is now a factorial on top of the stack by the second +element on the stack.
0 [Base] [Recur] primrec
------------------------------
@@ -1608,382 +651,141 @@ d e [...] swaack
n [Base] [Recur] primrec
------------------------------------------ n > 0
- n (n-1) [Base] [Recur] primrec RecurSimple and useful specialization of the genrec combinator from the original Joy system.
-Function
-Just as sum sums a list of numbers, this function multiplies them together.
-Just as [sum] sums a list of numbers, this function multiplies them +together.
+- +1 [swap] [[mul]] [step]
Or,
- --
Function
-Is the item on the top of the stack “truthy”?
-- --
You often want to test the truth value of an item on the stack without consuming the item.
-Function
-“Quote D” Wrap the second item on the stack in a list.
+[1] [[mul]] [primrec]
+"Quote D" Wrap the second item on the stack in a list.
a b quoted
----------------
- [a] b- --
This comes from the original Joy stuff.
-Function
-Expect a number n on the stack and replace it with a list: [(n-1)...0].
Expect a number n on the stack and replace it with a list:
+[(n-1)...0].
5 range
-----------------
[4 3 2 1 0]
-5 range
--------------
- []--[0 <=] [1 - dup] anamorphism
-
If n is less than 1 the resulting list is empty.
Function
-Take a number n from the stack and replace it with a list [0...n].
[0 <=] [-- dup] anamorphism
Take a number n from the stack and replace it with a list
+[0...n].
5 range_to_zero
---------------------
- [0 1 2 3 4 5]- --
Note that the order is reversed compared to range.
-Function
-Replace the first item in a list with the item under it.
+ [0 1 2 3 4 5] +unit [down_to_zero] infra
Replace the first item in a list with the item under it.
a [b ...] reco
--------------------
- [a ...]- --
See mod.
-See mod.
-Function
-Expects an item on the stack and a quote under it and removes that item from the the quote. The item is only removed once. If the list is empty or the item isn’t in the list then the list is unchanged.
+ [a ...] +Expects an item on the stack and a quote under it and removes that item +from the the quote. The item is only removed once. If the list is empty +or the item isn't in the list then the list is unchanged.
[1 2 3 1] 1 remove
------------------------
- [2 3 1]See the “Remove Function” notebook.
-Basis Function
- [a ...] rest
+ [2 3 1]
+See the "Remove Function" notebook.
built-in
[a ...] rest
------------------
- [...]Function
-Reverse the list on the top of the stack.
-Reverse the list on the top of the stack.
+ [1 2 3] reverse
---------------------
- [3 2 1]- --
Function
- a b c rolldown
+ [3 2 1]
+ a b c rolldown
--------------------
- b c a- --
See rollup.
-See rolldown.
-Function
- a b c rollup
+ b c a
+roll<
a b c rollup
------------------
- c a b- --
Function
-Round a number to a given precision in decimal digits.
-Another one that won’t make sense until the “numeric tower” is nailed down.
-Function
- [a b ...] rrest
+ c a b
+roll>
Round a number to a given precision in decimal digits.
[a b ...] rrest
---------------------
- [...]- --
Basis Function
- + [...] + a n rshift
----------------
- (a∕2ⁿ)Function
-Run a quoted program in a list.
-Run a quoted program in a list.
+ [1 2 +] run
-----------------
- [3]- --
Function
- [a b ...] second
+ [3]
+ [a b ...] second
----------------------
- b- --
Basis Function
-Use a Boolean value to select one of two items from a sequence. :
+ b +Use a Boolean value to select one of two items from a sequence. :
[a b] false select
------------------------
a
[a b] true select
-----------------------
- bThe sequence can contain more than two items but not fewer.
-Function
-Print redistribution information.
-Mathematically this is a form of id, but it has the side-effect of printing out the GPL notice.
-Function
-Move the top item from one list to another.
-Print redistribution information.
Move the top item from one list to another.
+ [x y z] [a b c] shift
---------------------------
- [a x y z] [b c]- --
Function
-Like concat but reverse the top list into the second.
-Like [concat] but [reverse] the top list into the second.
+ [a b c] [d e f] shunt
---------------------------
- [f e d a b c] - --
This is more efficient than concat so prefer it if you don’t need to preserve order.
-Function
-Replace a list with its size.
-Replace a list with its size.
+ [23 [cats] 4] size
------------------------
- 3- --
See floordiv.
-See floordiv.
-See floordiv.
-Function
-Given a list return it sorted.
-Given a list return it sorted.
+ [4 2 5 7 1] sort
----------------------
- [1 2 4 5 7]Function
-Example code.
-See the “Square Spiral Example Joy Code” notebook.
-Function
-Split a list (second on the stack) at the position given by the number on the top of the stack.
-Example code.
[[[abs] ii <=] [[<>] [pop !-] or] and] [[!-] [[++]] [[--]] ifte dip] [[pop !-] [--] [++] ifte] ifte
Split a list (second on the stack) at the position given by the number on +the top of the stack.
+ [1 2 3 4 5 6 7] 4 split_at
--------------------------------
- [5 6 7] [4 3 2 1]- --
Take a list and a number n from the stack, take n items from the top of the list and shunt them onto a new list that replaces the number n on the top of the stack.
Function
-Split a list (second on the stack) at the position given by the number on the top of the stack such that concat would reconstruct the original list.
+ [5 6 7] [4 3 2 1] +Split a list (second on the stack) at the position given by the number on +the top of the stack such that [concat] would reconstruct the original +list.
[1 2 3 4 5 6 7] 4 split_list
----------------------------------
- [1 2 3 4] [5 6 7]- --
Compare with split_at. This function does extra work to ensure that concat would reconstruct the original list.
-Function
-Square the number on the top of the stack.
+ [1 2 3 4] [5 6 7] +Square the number on the top of the stack.
n sqr
------------
- n²- --
Basis Function Combinator
-Return the square root of the number a. Negative numbers return complex roots.
-Another “numeric tower” hatch…
-Function
-Grab the stack under the top item and put it onto the stack.
- ... 1 2 3 stackd
-------------------------
- ... 1 2 [2 1 ...] 3- --
Function
-Put the stack onto the stack.
+ n² +Function Combinator
+Return the square root of the number a. Negative numbers return complex +roots.
built-in
Put the stack onto the stack.
... c b a stack
---------------------------
- ... c b a [a b c ...]- --
This function forms a pair with [unstack], and together they form the complement to the “destructive” pair enstacken and disenstacken.
-[unstack] enstacken disenstacken
-Combinator
-Run a quoted program on each item in a sequence.
+ ... c b a [a b c ...] +Grab the stack under the top item and put it onto the stack.
+ ... 1 2 3 stackd
+------------------------
+ ... 1 2 [2 1 ...] 3
+combinator
Run a quoted program on each item in a sequence.
... [] [Q] step
---------------------
...
@@ -1996,195 +798,70 @@ d e [...] swaack
... [a b c] [Q] . step
----------------------------------------
- ... a . Q [b c] [Q] stepSee the Recursion Combinators notebook.
-Combinator
-Like step but with 0 as the initial value.
+ ... a . Q [b c] [Q] step +combinator
Like [step] but with 0 as the initial value.
[...] [F] step_zero
-------------------------
- 0 [...] [F] step- --
size and sum can both be defined in terms of this specialization of step.
-Function
-Take the stack and uncons the top item.
-Take the [stack] and [uncons] the top two items.
+ 1 2 3 stununcons
----------------------
- 1 2 3 3 2 [1]- --
Basis Function
-Subtract the number on the top of the stack from the number below it.
+ 1 2 3 3 2 [1] +Subtract the number on the top of the stack from the number below it.
a b sub
-------------
- (a-b)Function
-Successor. Increment TOS.
---1 +
-
Combinator
-Given a quoted sequence of numbers return the sum.
-combinator
Given a quoted sequence of numbers return the sum.
+ [1 2 3 4 5] sum
---------------------
- 15--[+] step_zero
-
Basis Function
-Swap stack. Take a list from the top of the stack, replace the stack with the list, and put the old stack onto it.
-built-in
Swap stack. Take a list from the top of the stack, replace the stack +with the list, and put the old stack onto it.
+ 1 2 3 [4 5 6] swaack
--------------------------
- 6 5 4 [3 2 1]This function works as a kind of “context switch”. It’s used in the definition of infra.
-Function
-Swap the second and third items on the stack.
- a b c swapd
------------------
- b a c- --
Basis Function
-Swap the top two items on the stack.
+ 6 5 4 [3 2 1] +built-in
Swap the top two items on the stack.
a b swap
--------------
- b aFunction
-concat two lists, but swap the lists first.
-- --
Function
- + b a +Swap the second and third items on the stack.
+ a b c swapd
+-----------------
+ b a c
+Like [cons] but [swap] the item and list.
[...] a swons
-------------------
- [a ...]- --
Combinator
-A specialization of the genrec combinator.
-- --
Some recursive functions do not need to store additional data or pending actions per-call. These are called “tail recursive” functions. In Joy, they appear as genrec definitions that have i for the second half of their recursive branch.
-See the Recursion Combinators notebook.
-Function
-Expects an integer n and a list on the stack and replace them with a list with just the top n items in reverse order.
combinator
A specialization of the [genrec] combinator.
Expects an integer n and a list on the stack and replace them with a list
+with just the top n items in reverse order.
[a b c d] 2 take
----------------------
- [b a]- --
Combinator
-Run a quoted program using exactly three stack values and leave the first item of the result on the stack.
+ [b a] +combinator
Run a quoted program using exactly three stack values and leave the first +item of the result on the stack.
... z y x [P] ternary
-------------------------
- ... a- --
Runs any other quoted function and returns its first result while consuming exactly three items from the stack.
-Function
- [a b c ...] third
+ ... a
+ [a b c ...] third
-----------------------
- c- --
Combinator
-Expect a quoted program and an integer n on the stack and do the program n times.
combinator
Expect a quoted program and an integer n on the stack and do the
+program n times.
... n [Q] . times
----------------------- w/ n <= 0
... .
@@ -2195,183 +872,80 @@ d e [...] swaack
... n [Q] . times
------------------------------------- w/ n > 1
- ... . Q (n-1) [Q] times--[-- dip] cons [swap] infra [0 >] swap while pop :
-
This works by building a little while program and running it:
- 1 3 [++] • [-- dip] cons [swap] infra [0 >] swap while pop
- 1 3 [++] [-- dip] • cons [swap] infra [0 >] swap while pop
- 1 3 [[++] -- dip] • [swap] infra [0 >] swap while pop
- 1 3 [[++] -- dip] [swap] • infra [0 >] swap while pop
- dip -- [++] • swap [3 1] swaack [0 >] swap while pop
- dip [++] -- • [3 1] swaack [0 >] swap while pop
- dip [++] -- [3 1] • swaack [0 >] swap while pop
- 1 3 [-- [++] dip] • [0 >] swap while pop
- 1 3 [-- [++] dip] [0 >] • swap while pop
- 1 3 [0 >] [-- [++] dip] • while pop This is a common pattern in Joy. You accept some parameters from the stack which typically include qouted programs and use them to build another program which does the actual work. This is kind of like macros in Lisp, or preprocessor directives in C.
-See bool.
-Function
-dup the item on the top of the stack under the second item on the stack.
+ ... . Q (n-1) [Q] times +[dup] the item on the top of the stack under the second item on the +stack.
a b tuck
--------------
- b a b- --
(Combinator)
-Run a quoted program using exactly one stack value and leave the first item of the result on the stack.
+ b a b +(Combinator)
+Run a quoted program using exactly one stack value and leave the first +item of the result on the stack.
... x [P] unary
---------------------
- ... a- --
Runs any other quoted function and returns its first result while consuming exactly one item from the stack.
-Basis Function
-Removes an item from a list and leaves it on the stack under the rest of the list. You cannot uncons an item from an empty list.
Removes an item from a list and leaves it on the stack under the rest of
+the list. You cannot uncons an item from an empty list.
[a ...] uncons
--------------------
- a [...]This is the inverse of cons.
-Function
-Given a list remove duplicate items.
-Function
- a unit
+ a [...]
+Given a list remove duplicate items.
a unit
------------
- [a]--[] cons
-
Combinator
-Unquote (using i) the list that is second on the stack.
-[] cons
combinator
Unquote (using [i]) the list that is second on the stack.
+ 1 2 [3 4] 5 unquoted
--------------------------
- 1 2 3 4 5- --
Function
- [a ...] unswons
+ 1 2 3 4 5
+ [a ...] unswons
---------------------
- [...] a- --
Combinator
-Short-circuiting Boolean OR
-- --
Accept two quoted programs, run the first and expect a Boolean value, if it’s false pop it and run the second program (which should also return a Boolean value) otherwise pop the second program (leaving true on the stack.)
[A] [B] ||
----------------- A -> false
- B
-
-
- [A] [B] ||
----------------- A -> true
- trueBasis Function
-True if the form on TOS is void otherwise False.
-A form is any Joy expression composed solely of lists. This represents a binary Boolean logical formula in the arithmetic of the “Laws of Form”, see The Markable Mark
-Basis Function
-Print warranty information.
-Combinator
-A specialization of loop that accepts a quoted predicate program P and runs it nullary.
True if the form on TOS is void otherwise False.
Print warranty information.
combinator
A specialization of [loop] that accepts a quoted predicate program P
+and runs it [nullary].
[P] [F] while
------------------- P -> false
[P] [F] while
--------------------- P -> true
- F [P] [F] while- --
Basis Function
-Print all the words in alphabetical order.
-Mathematically this is a form of id.
-Combinator
-Take a quoted function F and run it with itself as the first item on the stack.
Print all the words in alphabetical order.
combinator
Take a quoted function F and run it with itself as the first item on
+the stack.
[F] x
-----------
- [F] Fdup iThe simplest recursive pattern.
-See the Recursion Combinators notebook. as well as Recursion Theory and Joy by Manfred von
-Basis Function
-Logical bit-wise eXclusive OR.
-Function
-Replace the two lists on the top of the stack with a list of the pairs from each list. The smallest list sets the length of the result list.
-Replace the two lists on the top of the stack with a list of the pairs +from each list. The smallest list sets the length of the result list.
+ [1 2 3] [4 5 6] zip
-------------------------
- [[4 1] [5 2] [6 3]]combinator
Short-circuiting Boolean OR