Hi,
The Diamond operator is not always working as advertised.
<cit>
Several statements on the same line are separated by the APL character ◊
(called /Diamond/).
Note that different statements on the same line are executed from left
to right while each statement is evaluated from right to left.
</cit>
apl -q
/⍝ ⋄ sequential here/
* ⎕TS ⋄ ⎕DL 10 ⋄ ⎕TS*
2025 2 26 20 9 52 385
10.016916
2025 2 26 20 10 2 402
⍝ ⋄ is a ║operator:-?
* v←10000⍴' '**
)WSID DIAMOND*
WAS CLEAR WS
* )DUMP*
2025-02-26 20:10:50 (GMT+1)
*⎕TS ⋄ ⍎')COPY DIAMOND v' ⋄ ⎕TS*
2025 2 26 20 11 31 571
DUMPED 2025-02-26 20:10:50 (GMT+1)
2025 2 26 20 11 31 575 /⍝ time stamp 4[ms] later /
/
⍝ )copy still busy/.
* ⎕TS*
2025 2 26 20 11 45 866 /⍝ Copy done 14[s] later
/Best Regards
Hans-Peter/
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