Should the following still work?

In a fresh session:

N=: 1 : '- u % u d. 1'

(_2 + *:) N^:3 ]1

1.41422

JVERSION

Engine: j901/j64avx/windows

Beta-i: commercial/2019-08-29T09:48:23

Library: 9.01.09

Qt IDE: 1.8.3/5.12.3

Platform: Win 64

Installer: J901 install

InstallPath: c:/program files/j901

Contact: www.jsoftware.com



Given the release notes "*Language deletion*: calculus primitives (d. D. D:)
are removed from the language" I was expecting to get an error and have to
redefine N using deriv_jcalculus.

On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 2:44 AM Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:

> If you need the inverse to !, you can use Roger's
>
> 3 : '(-(!-y"_)%0.001&*!"0 D:1])^:_<.&170^:(-:+)^.y'
>
> replacing D: with sslope_jcalculus_  (untested).  You could even fix it
> up to avoid the NaN error.
>
> Henry Rich
>
>
>
> On 9/3/2019 10:39 AM, Don Guinn wrote:
> > Well I previously reported it to beta. So here it is again.
> >
> > To determine the inverse of factorial uses D: . In J807 forcing a
> > deliberate error give the following:
> >
> > ! inv 0.001
> >
> > |NaN error
> >
> > | (-(!-y"_)%0.001&*!"0 D:1])^:_<.&170^:(-:+)^.y
> >
> > In the middle of the magic function is D: .
> >
> > JVERSION
> >
> > Engine: j807/j64/windows
> >
> > Release-d: commercial/2019-03-18T13:21:35
> >
> > Library: 8.07.26
> >
> > Qt IDE: 1.7.10/5.9.7
> >
> > Platform: Win 64
> >
> > Installer: J807 install
> >
> > InstallPath: c:/j64-807
> >
> > Contact: www.jsoftware.com
> >
> > ! inv 6
> >
> > 3
> >
> > Works just fine in 807. But in latest beta
> >
> > ! inv 6
> >
> > |domain error
> >
> > | !inv 6
> >
> > JVERSION
> >
> > Engine: j901/j64avx/windows
> >
> > Beta-i: commercial/2019-08-29T09:48:23
> >
> > Library: 9.01.09
> >
> > Qt IDE: 1.8.3/5.12.3
> >
> > Platform: Win 64
> >
> > Installer: J901 install
> >
> > InstallPath: c:/j64-j901
> >
> > Contact: www.jsoftware.com
> >
> >
> > There is nothing about factorial inverse being dropped in the release
> > notes. I don't know if the inverse of factorial should be dropped or not.
> > But I have found it quite useful.
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