All-- Thanks to Ian, I have learned: --That having expert programmers strategically stationed in multiple time zones means that you may often get a reply overnight, however late you post an entry. --That Power is not an adverb, however much I may feel that it is "modifying" the left argument.
While incorporating his several enlightenments, I have also been repeatedly reminded that the order of specification (application) of each primitive is usually crucial to obtaining a desired result. --Art > ----------------------------- > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 02:04:15 +0000 > From: "'Ian Shannon' via General" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] An unholy trinity of bugs > Arthur, > > Again, looking at your "refused" expression > 2 (3&[ (27&[@] , [^2) 'xxxxxxxxx'&[@]) 2 > the part I suspect that is giving you problems is > (27&[@] , [^2) > which you think is a fork, but it is an expression producing the noun > 27 . . . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
