The Joy language introduced concatenative functional programming. This generally means a stack based virtual machine, and a program consisting of words which are functions taking an input stack and returning an output stack. The natural syntax that results is postfix. Over a very long time I have come to feel that syntax gets in between me and the power in a language. Postfix is the least syntax possible.

There are several reasons I like the concatenative style of programming:

Function composition is concatenation.
Pipelining values through functions to get new values is the most natural idiom.
Functions are applied from left to right instead of inside out.
Support for multiple return values comes for free.
No need for operator precedence.
Fewer delimiters are required:
- Parentheses are not needed to control operator precedence.
- Semicolons are not needed to separate statements.
- Commas are not needed to separate arguments.

(Note: Sapf is inspired by, but is not purely a concatenative language because it has lexical variables.)

When I am programming interactively, I most often find myself in the situation where I have a value and I want to transform it to something else. The thing to do is apply a function with some parameters. With concatenative programming this is very natural. You string along several words and get a new value.

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lfnoise/sapf: Sound As Pure Form - a Forth-like language for audio synthesis using lazy lists and APL-like auto-mapping (github.com)

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zeroflag/equinox: Forth Programming Language on Lua (github.com)

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Intensional Joy (a concatenative account of internal structure) — Christine's World Wide Web Site (pithlessly.github.io)

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Discussion on lobsters:

https://lobste.rs/s/2rkupg/intensional_joy_concatenative_account

[solved] Any multiline zsh compatible shells? [zsh config] in c/[email protected]

[–] Andy 1 points 2 months ago

It's been a while, but my clumsy adding of a comment to the buffer is unnecessary, given zle -M, which will display a message outside of the buffer. So here's an updated version:

# -- Run input if single line, otherwise insert newline --
# Key: enter
# Credit: https://programming.dev/comment/2479198
.zle_accept-except-multiline () {
  if [[ $BUFFER != *$'\n'* ]] {
    zle .accept-line
    return
  } else {
    zle .self-insert-unmeta
    zle -M 'Use alt+enter to submit this multiline input'
  }
}
zle -N       .zle_accept-except-multiline
bindkey '^M' .zle_accept-except-multiline  # Enter

# -- Run input if multiline, otherwise insert newline --
# Key: alt+enter
# Credit: https://programming.dev/comment/2479198
.zle_accept-only-multiline () {
  if [[ $BUFFER == *$'\n'* ]] {
    zle .accept-line
  } else {
    zle .self-insert-unmeta
  }
}
zle -N         .zle_accept-only-multiline
bindkey '^[^M' .zle_accept-only-multiline  # Enter

Designing Code For Forward Progress in c/concatenative

[–] Andy 1 points 3 months ago

The given Uiua example (mercifully given using words rather than the symbols):

[3 4 5 10 23]
divide length on /+

For all the talk about "forward" it's uncomfortable to me how the Uiua evaluation within a line happens backward.

An equivalent in Factor, where keep is close to on:

{ 3 4 5 10 23 }
[ sum ] keep length /

But this pattern of doing two things in sequence to the same item is common enough that bi is handy:

{ 3 4 5 10 23 }
[ sum ] [ length ] bi /

Happy Advent of Code 2024 Everyone! in c/concatenative

[–] Andy 1 points 4 months ago

Day 6

spoiler

: get-input ( -- rows )
  "vocab:aoc-2024/06/input.txt" utf8 file-lines ;

: all-locations ( rows -- pairs )
  dimension <coordinate-matrix> concat ;

: guard-location ( rows -- pair )
  [ all-locations ] keep
  '[ _ matrix-nth "<>^v" in? ] find nip ;

TUPLE: state location char ;
C: <state> state

: guard-state ( rows -- state )
  [ guard-location ]
  [ dupd matrix-nth ] bi <state> ;

: faced-location ( state -- pair )
  [ char>> H{
    { CHAR: > { 0 1 } }
    { CHAR: v { 1 0 } }
    { CHAR: < { 0 -1 } }
    { CHAR: ^ { -1 0 } }
  } at ] [ location>> ] bi v+ ;

: off-grid? ( rows location -- ? )
  [ dimension ] dip
  [ v<= vany? ] keep
  { 0 0 } v< vany? or ;

: turn ( state -- state' )
  [ location>> ] [ char>> ] bi
  H{
    { CHAR: > CHAR: v }
    { CHAR: v CHAR: < }
    { CHAR: < CHAR: ^ }
    { CHAR: ^ CHAR: > }
  } at <state> ;

: obstacle? ( rows location -- ? )
  swap matrix-nth CHAR: # = ;

: guard-step ( rows state -- state' )
  swap over faced-location
  {
    { [ 2dup off-grid? ] [ 2nip f <state> ] }
    { [ [ obstacle? ] keep-under ] [ drop turn ] }
    [ swap char>> <state> ]
  } cond ;

: walk-out ( rows state -- trail )
  [
    [ 2dup location>> off-grid? ] [
      dup location>> ,
      dupd guard-step
    ] until
  ] { } make 2nip ;

: part1 ( -- n )
  get-input dup guard-state walk-out cardinality ;

: (walk-loops?) ( visited rows state -- looped? )
  dupd guard-step
  2dup location>> off-grid? [ 3drop f ] [
    pick dupd in? [ 3drop t ] [
      pick dupd adjoin (walk-loops?)
    ] if
  ] if ;

: walk-loops? ( rows -- looped? )
  dup guard-state
  [ HS{ } clone ] 2dip
  pick dupd adjoin (walk-loops?) ;

: obstacle-candidates ( rows -- pairs )
  [ guard-location ]
  [ dup guard-state walk-out members ] bi remove ;

: part2 ( -- n )
  get-input dup obstacle-candidates
  [ CHAR: # spin deep-clone [ matrix-set-nth ] keep walk-loops? ] with count ;

🌉 - 2024 DAY 7 SOLUTIONS - 🌉 in c/advent_of_code

[–] Andy 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Slow and dumb gets it done! I may revisit this when I give up on future days.

🌉 - 2024 DAY 7 SOLUTIONS - 🌉 in c/advent_of_code

[–] Andy 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Factor

spoiler

TUPLE: equation value numbers ;
C: <equation> equation

: get-input ( -- equations )
  "vocab:aoc-2024/07/input.txt" utf8 file-lines [
    split-words unclip but-last string>number
    swap [ string>number ] map <equation>
  ] map ;

: possible-quotations ( funcs numbers -- quots )
  dup length 1 -
  swapd all-selections
  [ unclip swap ] dip
  [ zip concat ] with map
  swap '[ _ prefix >quotation ] map ;

: possibly-true? ( funcs equation -- ? )
  [ numbers>> possible-quotations ] [ value>> ] bi
  '[ call( -- n ) _ = ] any? ;

: solve ( funcs -- n )
  get-input
  [ possibly-true? ] with filter
  [ value>> ] map-sum ;

: part1 ( -- n )
  { + * } solve ;

: _|| ( m n -- mn )
  [ number>string ] bi@ append string>number ;

: part2 ( -- n )
  { + * _|| } solve ;

💂 - 2024 DAY 6 SOLUTIONS - 💂 in c/advent_of_code

[–] Andy 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Nothing smart to see here. I may revisit this when I give up on future days.

💂 - 2024 DAY 6 SOLUTIONS - 💂 in c/advent_of_code

[–] Andy 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Factor

spoiler

: get-input ( -- rows )
  "vocab:aoc-2024/06/input.txt" utf8 file-lines ;

: all-locations ( rows -- pairs )
  dimension <coordinate-matrix> concat ;

: guard-location ( rows -- pair )
  [ all-locations ] keep
  '[ _ matrix-nth "<>^v" in? ] find nip ;

TUPLE: state location char ;
C: <state> state

: guard-state ( rows -- state )
  [ guard-location ]
  [ dupd matrix-nth ] bi <state> ;

: faced-location ( state -- pair )
  [ char>> H{
    { CHAR: > { 0 1 } }
    { CHAR: v { 1 0 } }
    { CHAR: < { 0 -1 } }
    { CHAR: ^ { -1 0 } }
  } at ] [ location>> ] bi v+ ;

: off-grid? ( rows location -- ? )
  [ dimension ] dip
  [ v<= vany? ] keep
  { 0 0 } v< vany? or ;

: turn ( state -- state' )
  [ location>> ] [ char>> ] bi
  H{
    { CHAR: > CHAR: v }
    { CHAR: v CHAR: < }
    { CHAR: < CHAR: ^ }
    { CHAR: ^ CHAR: > }
  } at <state> ;

: obstacle? ( rows location -- ? )
  swap matrix-nth CHAR: # = ;

: guard-step ( rows state -- state' )
  swap over faced-location
  {
    { [ 2dup off-grid? ] [ 2nip f <state> ] }
    { [ [ obstacle? ] keep-under ] [ drop turn ] }
    [ swap char>> <state> ]
  } cond ;

: walk-out ( rows state -- trail )
  [
    [ 2dup location>> off-grid? ] [
      dup location>> ,
      dupd guard-step
    ] until
  ] { } make 2nip ;

: part1 ( -- n )
  get-input dup guard-state walk-out cardinality ;

: (walk-loops?) ( visited rows state -- looped? )
  dupd guard-step
  2dup location>> off-grid? [ 3drop f ] [
    pick dupd in? [ 3drop t ] [
      pick dupd adjoin (walk-loops?)
    ] if
  ] if ;

: walk-loops? ( rows -- looped? )
  dup guard-state
  [ HS{ } clone ] 2dip
  pick dupd adjoin (walk-loops?) ;

: obstacle-candidates ( rows -- pairs )
  [ guard-location ]
  [ dup guard-state walk-out members ] bi remove ;

: part2 ( -- n )
  get-input dup obstacle-candidates
  [ CHAR: # spin deep-clone [ matrix-set-nth ] keep walk-loops? ] with count ;

Happy Advent of Code 2024 Everyone! in c/concatenative

[–] Andy 1 points 4 months ago

Day 5

spoiler

: get-input ( -- rules updates )
  "vocab:aoc-2024/05/input.txt" utf8 file-lines
  { "" } split1
  "|" "," [ '[ [ _ split ] map ] ] bi@ bi* ;

: relevant-rules ( rules update -- rules' )
  '[ [ _ in? ] all? ] filter ;

: compliant? ( rules update -- ? )
  [ relevant-rules ] keep-under
  [ [ index* ] with map first2 < ] with all? ;

: middle-number ( update -- n )
  dup length 2 /i nth-of string>number ;

: part1 ( -- n )
  get-input
  [ compliant? ] with
  [ middle-number ] filter-map sum ;

: compare-pages ( rules page1 page2 -- <=> )
  [ 2array relevant-rules ] keep-under
  [ drop +eq+ ] [ first index zero? +gt+ +lt+ ? ] if-empty ;

: correct-update ( rules update -- update' )
  [ swapd compare-pages ] with sort-with ;

: part2 ( -- n )
  get-input dupd
  [ compliant? ] with reject
  [ correct-update middle-number ] with map-sum ;

on GitHub

🖨️ - 2024 DAY 5 SOLUTIONS - 🖨️ in c/advent_of_code

[–] Andy 5 points 4 months ago

Factor

: get-input ( -- rules updates )
  "vocab:aoc-2024/05/input.txt" utf8 file-lines
  { "" } split1
  "|" "," [ '[ [ _ split ] map ] ] bi@ bi* ;

: relevant-rules ( rules update -- rules' )
  '[ [ _ in? ] all? ] filter ;

: compliant? ( rules update -- ? )
  [ relevant-rules ] keep-under
  [ [ index* ] with map first2 < ] with all? ;

: middle-number ( update -- n )
  dup length 2 /i nth-of string>number ;

: part1 ( -- n )
  get-input
  [ compliant? ] with
  [ middle-number ] filter-map sum ;

: compare-pages ( rules page1 page2 -- <=> )
  [ 2array relevant-rules ] keep-under
  [ drop +eq+ ] [ first index zero? +gt+ +lt+ ? ] if-empty ;

: correct-update ( rules update -- update' )
  [ swapd compare-pages ] with sort-with ;

: part2 ( -- n )
  get-input dupd
  [ compliant? ] with reject
  [ correct-update middle-number ] with map-sum ;

on GitHub

🌚 - 2024 DAY 4 SOLUTIONS - 🌚 in c/advent_of_code

[–] Andy 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Factor

spoiler

: get-input ( -- rows )
  "vocab:aoc-2024/04/input.txt" utf8 file-lines ;

: verticals ( rows -- lines )
  [ dimension last [0..b) ] keep cols ;

: slash-origins ( rows -- coords )
  dimension
  [ first [0..b) [ 0 2array ] map ] [
    first2 [ 1 - ] [ 1 (a..b] ] bi*
    [ 2array ] with map
  ] bi append ;

: backslash-origins ( rows -- coords )
  dimension first2
  [ [0..b) [ 0 2array ] map ]
  [ 1 (a..b] [ 0 swap 2array ] map ] bi* append ;

: slash ( rows origin -- line )
  first2
  [ 0 [a..b] ]
  [ pick dimension last [a..b) ] bi* zip
  swap matrix-nths ;

: backslash ( rows origin -- line )
  [ dup dimension ] dip first2
  [ over first [a..b) ]
  [ pick last [a..b) ] bi* zip nip
  swap matrix-nths ;

: slashes ( rows -- lines )
  dup slash-origins
  [ slash ] with map ;

: backslashes ( rows -- lines )
  dup backslash-origins
  [ backslash ] with map ;

: word-count ( line word -- n )
  dupd [ reverse ] dip
  '[ _ subseq-indices length ] bi@ + ;

: part1 ( -- n )
  get-input
  { [ ] [ verticals ] [ slashes ] [ backslashes ] } cleave-array concat
  [ "XMAS" word-count ] map-sum ;

: origin-adistances ( rows origins line-quot: ( rows origin -- line ) -- origin-adistances-assoc )
  with zip-with
  "MAS" "SAM" [ '[ [ _ subseq-indices ] map-values ] ] bi@ bi append
  harvest-values
  [ [ 1 + ] map ] map-values ; inline

: a-coords ( origin-adistances coord-quot: ( adistance -- row-delta col-delta ) -- coords )
  '[ first2 [ @ 2array v+ ] with map ] map-concat ; inline

: slash-a-coords ( rows -- coords )
  dup slash-origins [ slash ] origin-adistances
  [ [ 0 swap - ] keep ] a-coords ;

: backslash-a-coords ( rows -- coords )
  dup backslash-origins [ backslash ] origin-adistances
  [ dup ] a-coords ;

: part2 ( -- n )
  get-input [ slash-a-coords ] [ backslash-a-coords ] bi
  intersect length ;

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Happy Advent of Code 2024 Everyone! in c/concatenative

[–] Andy 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Day 4

spoiler

: get-input ( -- rows )
  "vocab:aoc-2024/04/input.txt" utf8 file-lines ;

: verticals ( rows -- lines )
  [ dimension last [0..b) ] keep cols ;

: slash-origins ( rows -- coords )
  dimension
  [ first [0..b) [ 0 2array ] map ] [
    first2 [ 1 - ] [ 1 (a..b] ] bi*
    [ 2array ] with map
  ] bi append ;

: backslash-origins ( rows -- coords )
  dimension first2
  [ [0..b) [ 0 2array ] map ]
  [ 1 (a..b] [ 0 swap 2array ] map ] bi* append ;

: slash ( rows origin -- line )
  first2
  [ 0 [a..b] ]
  [ pick dimension last [a..b) ] bi* zip
  swap matrix-nths ;

: backslash ( rows origin -- line )
  [ dup dimension ] dip first2
  [ over first [a..b) ]
  [ pick last [a..b) ] bi* zip nip
  swap matrix-nths ;

: slashes ( rows -- lines )
  dup slash-origins
  [ slash ] with map ;

: backslashes ( rows -- lines )
  dup backslash-origins
  [ backslash ] with map ;

: word-count ( line word -- n )
  dupd [ reverse ] dip
  '[ _ subseq-indices length ] bi@ + ;

: part1 ( -- n )
  get-input
  { [ ] [ verticals ] [ slashes ] [ backslashes ] } cleave-array concat
  [ "XMAS" word-count ] map-sum ;

: origin-adistances ( rows origins line-quot: ( rows origin -- line ) -- origin-adistances-assoc )
  with zip-with
  "MAS" "SAM" [ '[ [ _ subseq-indices ] map-values ] ] bi@ bi append
  harvest-values
  [ [ 1 + ] map ] map-values ; inline

: a-coords ( origin-adistances coord-quot: ( adistance -- row-delta col-delta ) -- coords )
  '[ first2 [ @ 2array v+ ] with map ] map-concat ; inline

: slash-a-coords ( rows -- coords )
  dup slash-origins [ slash ] origin-adistances
  [ [ 0 swap - ] keep ] a-coords ;

: backslash-a-coords ( rows -- coords )
  dup backslash-origins [ backslash ] origin-adistances
  [ dup ] a-coords ;

: part2 ( -- n )
  get-input [ slash-a-coords ] [ backslash-a-coords ] bi
  intersect length ;

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