On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Boyko Bantchev <[email protected]> wrote: > I have already explained that: `applies between' does not specify > direction (L-R or R-L). We know that the order is R-L for an > expression like y1 u y2 u ... u yn, but not for u/y. / is an > operator that has to be defined as strictly and formally as any other. > If / is meant to induce a R-L order of applying a verb, then /'s > definition should better be explicit about that -- which it isn't.
I think your problem here is that the rules about evaluation are general as opposed to being a part of the meaning of a specific word. Perhaps some of the introductory content from the dictionary would help here. These look promising: http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/intro03.htm and http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/intro04.htm -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
