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@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ BQN maintains many of the ideas that made APL\360 revolutionary in 1966: * Human-friendly **infix notation** with no precedence rules to remember. * **Built-in array operations** handle any number of dimensions easily. * **Higher-order functions** allow basic functions to be applied in more powerful ways. + It incorporates concepts developed over years of APL practice: * The **leading axis model**, which allows for simpler built-in functions. * Trains and combinators for **tacit programming**. * Lightweight **anonymous functions** (like [dfns](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Dfn)). + But BQN is redesigned from the ground up, with brand new ideas to make these paradigms easier to use and less likely to fail. * The **based array model** makes non-arrays a fundamental part of the language, and removes the surprise of floating arrays and the hassle of explicit boxes. New **array notation** eliminates the gotchas of [stranding](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Strand_notation). * A **context-free grammar** where a value's syntactic role is determined by its spelling makes it easier for machines and humans to understand code. |