The Panda Language: No Loops, No Ifs, Just Fun

  • FWIW, here's the modern Python equivalent to "1..10.odd.sqr.lt(50)"

      >>> [s for i in range(50) if i&1 and (s:=i*i) < 50]
      [1, 9, 25, 49]
    
    And here's my interpretation of the C equivalent:

          #include <stdio.h>
            
          int main() {
            int i, s;
            for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
              if (i & 1 && (s = i*i) < 50) {
                  printf("%d ", s);
              }
            }
            return 0;
          }
    
    Not quite a-la 1972, but then again the example 1972 code from that page wouldn't compile then either - variables had to be declared at the start of the function.

    I wonder what the APL looks like. I hacked this solution:

          (x<50)/x←(1=2|x)/x←((⍳10)*2)
    
    but I'm guessing the real solution would be 1/3 the size.

  • Reminds me of Ruby.