It may or may not be nice, but it'd be ambiguous. ^"2 0 already has a meaning which would conflict with the proposed meaning.
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 3:46 PM, km <[email protected]> wrote: > mpwr NB. square matrix integer power > 4 : 'x mp^:y =i.#x'"2 0 > II NB. matrix representing 0j1 > 0 _1 > 1 0 > II mpwr 2 NB. produces matrix representing _1j0 > _1 0 > 0 _1 > > Wouldn't it be nice if ^"2 0 did what mpwr does, for real exponents as > well, and square matrix left arguments? (Could get hairy for a general > square matrix.) > > Happy New Year! > > --Kip Murray > > Sent from my iPad > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
