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If you're already an array programmer, then you're in better shape: the current documentation covers nearly all differences from APL, and the BQN-Dyalog APL or BQN-J dictionary might also be a useful resource. However, you should be aware of two key differences between BQN and existing array languages beyond just the changes of primitives—if these differences don't seem important to you then you don't understand them! BQN's based array model is different from both a flat array model like J and a nested one like APL2, Dyalog, or GNU APL in that it has true non-array values (plain numbers and characters) that are different from depth-0 scalars. BQN also uses syntactic roles rather than dynamic type to determine how values interact, that is, what's an argument or operand and so on. This system, along with lexical closures, means BQN fully supports Lisp-style functional programming.

A useful tool for both beginners and experienced users is BQNcrate, a searchable collection of BQN snippets to solve particular tasks. If you have a question about how you might approach a problem, give it a try by typing in a relevant keyword or two.

Where can I find BQN users?

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There's a BQN channel on Matrix (#bqn:matrix.org), which can be opened in the Element client with this link, and one on Discord that you can join with this invite. The two channels are bridged so that comments in one appear in both. It should also be possible to link in an IRC channel, so contact me or get on one of the existing forums if you'd like to discuss making one. Past BQN discussion has mostly taken place on the APL Orchard forum, but with a good alternative available I don't recommend it for discussing BQN.

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There's a BQN channel on Matrix (#bqn:matrix.org), which can be opened in the Element client with this link, and one on Discord that you can join with this invite. The two channels are bridged so that comments in one appear in both. It should also be possible to link in an IRC channel, so contact me or get on one of the existing forums if you'd like to discuss making one. Past BQN discussion has mostly taken place on the APL Orchard forum, but with a good alternative available I don't recommend it for discussing BQN.

BQNBot will run your code from chat! Begin your message with bqn) and our friend (designation B-QN) will evaluate the rest and show the output. While putting your code in blocks `like this` is easier to read, the bot just operates on plain text and doesn't require it.

Asking programming questions in chat won't make it easy for future BQN users to find them. Especially if you have a general question about how the language or its environment works, consider asking at topanswers.xyz/apl with the "bqn" tag.

In addition to these forums, you can contact me personally via Github issues or with the email address shown in my Github profile.

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