Re: new functional operator
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- Subject: [mg125608] Re: new functional operator
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:46:51 -0500 (EST)
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Here SIX several equivalent expressions from (IMHO) most intuitive or readable to least: Composition[g, f] /@ {1, 2, 3, 4} {g[f[1]], g[f[2]], g[f[3]], g[f[4]]} g /@ f /@ {1, 2, 3, 4} {g[f[1]], g[f[2]], g[f[3]], g[f[4]]} Apply[Composition, {g, f}] /@ {1, 2, 3, 4} {g[f[1]], g[f[2]], g[f[3]], g[f[4]]} g@f@# & /@ {1, 2, 3, 4} {g[f[1]], g[f[2]], g[f[3]], g[f[4]]} Compose[g, f@#] & /@ {1, 2, 3, 4} {g[f[1]], g[f[2]], g[f[3]], g[f[4]]} {1, 2, 3, 4} // f /@ # & // g /@ # & {g[f[1]], g[f[2]], g[f[3]], g[f[4]]} The last is truly awful. Bobby On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:18:47 -0500, roby <roby.nowak at gmail.com> wrote: >> That creates a information fog that makes *all* Mathematica code harder >> to understand, and Mathematica much harder to learn than it used to be. > > {1, 2, 3, 4} /// f///g > > >> {1, 2, 3, 4} // f /@ # & // g /@ # & > > sorry but I absolutly can't agree with your opinion in this case, the > former expression is more or less fogless and would be much easier to > understand. > The latter expression bears a lot of clutter. > > Robert > > > -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com