The re-definition of "a" is deliberate because of his re-factoring of the problem.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/Articles/Play134 > > I have a few minor problems with that wiki page, but do not > have time to solve them, and it's not my text so I probably > should not. > > First off, I noticed that the last line uses 'rtg' but the > page defines Rtg. > > Also, 'a' has two definitions. Initially it is the first > element of the argument list but later on it takes on > a constant value. (I ran into this by trying to test > if rtg and Rtg were meant to be the same thing, > and then studying the page to understand my value > error on 'g'). > > Anyways, I am not quite sure how to proceed here -- > does historical precision trump presentation? > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
