On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Sherlock, Ric<[email protected]> wrote:
> Are there advantages of defining pad as an adverb rather than a verb? i.e. 
> Why not:
>
> pad=: dyad define
>  adj1=: <.x%2
>  adj2=: x-1
>  ((-@(adj2 + ]) {. (adj1 + ]) {. [) (#x) {. $) y
> )

That was how I had previously defined pad.

However, in the context where I was using it,
I was constructing a new verb which would
always have the same left argument.  So
using the adverb form pleased my sense of
aesthetics.

And I did not bother changing it again, when I copied
and pasted it into this thread.

FYI,

-- 
Raul
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