The last sentence in the dictionary page for ;: says:

The labs “Sequential Machines” and “Huffman Coding” 
contain further examples on the use of sequential machines.

Have you studied those?



----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Brand <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, September 18, 2009 19:28
Subject: [Jchat] dyad ;:
To: Chat forum <[email protected]>

> When I look at the dictionary, the ;: dyad is the only primitive I
> don't have a clue about. I can just about follow the what, but I do
> not know the why. Can anyone point me to a good web resource
> explaining the practical uses of sequential machines in programming?
> Is there a set of problems that are easier or more efficiently solved
> using ;: than by another method? I do not use it, but should I? When
> would it become useful?
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