Which could also be written as +:y is +~y *:y is *~y -:y is 2%~y
--- bill lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > in early J7 dictionary (1993), monad +: *: -: are defined as > +:y is y+y > *:y is y*y > -:y is y%2 > > but later in J2 dictionary (1994) onwards, it uses english word like > +: y is twice y > *: y is the square of y > -: y is one half of y > > It seems original definition is more precise as it does not need to establish > definition of twice`sqaure`half. What is the rationale for the change of > wording? > > -- > regards, > bill __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
