I’ve been unable to find a distribution of the “plain ol' k interpreter”; also, unable to find a demonstration of k the language isolated from q. This may be intended, or this may be just my own failings. But that text does seem to get into k pretty effectively.
You get the “plain ol” k4 interpreter automatically when you download the 32-bit KDB+.
From the “q)” prompt just enter a single backslash “\”
That drops you into the k4 interpreter.
To return to the Q interpreter, enter a single backslash again.
You can also get the “plain ol” k2.8 interpreter as follows:
Join the Kona Developers Group on Google.
View the entry titled “Availablity of 32-bit version of k (for comparisons to kona)”
http://code.kx.com/wiki/JB:QforMortals2/contents appears to be the best introductory text I’ve been able to find.
I’ve been unable to find a distribution of the “plain ol' k interpreter”; also, unable to find a demonstration of k the language isolated from q. This may be intended, or this may be just my own failings. But that text does seem to get into k pretty effectively.
My head aches. I think that’s a good thing.
Found this interesting too http://www.kparc.com/
so cryptic
After I posted the link I found out that the download I found that the download is only for folks with access. Will the code examples run on kona?
kona: Probably not. Kona targets an earlier version of k, so there will be a lot of little differences.
There’s another link on there that has less cryptic examples: http://kparc.com/cs107/
specifically helpful are the comparison between a1.c and a1.k
I have no idea of course what those are from, or what they are for besides maybe an intro CS class, but maybe all will be revealed to us soon.
You get the “plain ol” k4 interpreter automatically when you download the 32-bit KDB+. From the “q)” prompt just enter a single backslash “\” That drops you into the k4 interpreter. To return to the Q interpreter, enter a single backslash again.
You can also get the “plain ol” k2.8 interpreter as follows: Join the Kona Developers Group on Google. View the entry titled “Availablity of 32-bit version of k (for comparisons to kona)”