Studies in Qi
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Studies in Qi |
Since Qi 6.1 came online in April 2005, many people have shown interest in developing Qi for many different applications. The online text Functional Programming in Qi was designed as a language standard; it answers a lot of questions and is rich in code studies, but FPQi does not attempt to cover everything that can be done in Qi. As Wittgenstein wrote in the Tractatus,
"What we cannot speak of we must pass over in silence."
My lips are not as tightly sealed as Wittgenstein's. This page is a portal to a series of practical essays on various parts of computer science. I say 'practical' because the essays are copiously illustrated in code. All the studies are fairly short (a few sides) and the programs are also short (generally < 70 lines). Apart from anything, I like short examples! A lot of this stuff is unfinished. This is deliberate. A good friend of mine had a saying
"Software is never finished, its just abandoned."
This is true here. Part of the reason is that I want to encourage you to take these ideas further and improve them. They are a first word, not the only word, and certainly not the last word. The programs do work and they are very short and they are designed for you to mess around with them. Per ardua ad astra, we progress to the heavens by self-expression and doing our own thing. So mess around with these programs as much as you like.
I'd also like to say that I enjoyed writing this stuff - much more so than that parody of human creativity - the scientific paper. I hope you enjoy them too.
dy #4. The Onlar Version: SUBSETP and other functions (to be uploaded July 2005)
Offsite Resources
A short elegant example of the
power of Qi to define types is http://programmingkungfuqi.blogspot.com/2006/04/qi-and-magic-prime-type.html. http://programmingkungfuqi.blogspot.com is the main site.
Mark
copyright (c) 2005, Dr Mark
Tarver
dr.mtarver@ukonline.co.uk