dly wrote: > I believe there is probably a good reason why J does not map this > function to the verb / and does map it to # but right now I cannot tell > what that reason would be. If someone knows and would like to enlighten > me I would appreciate it and feel free to mock me for being so dense > while you are about it.
APL uses / as both a function and an operator. This is a mistake, and for example, leads to problems when using / in function composition. I don't have an APL interpreter to hand, but seem to remember that you could not do something like "boolean / each boxed_list", for this reason. The J # is similar to the APL function /, while J / is similar to the APL operator /. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
