Nothing dyadic here, in +/ i. 3 . The verb Terrence was analyzing was +/, not +, so the fact that + has rank 0 is immaterial. (I suspect that Terrence got a little confused about this, as we all did when we were learning). I should have pointed out explicitly that the rank of +/ is infinite (I've fixed that).
Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy Harms > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Jgeneral] re: "JforC" - Controlling Verb Execution > By Specifying aRank ... > > Randy A MacDonald wrote: > > > Hi Henry; > > > > You are correct in that the rank of +/ is infinite, > > but I think Terrence was referring to +, which > > _does_ have rank 0. > > > > What Terrence wrote was: > > > The verb rank is 0 and the noun rank is 1, > > therefore, r is 1 and so we will be applying > > the verb to 1-cells. > > The context (in JforC) of Terrence's attempt includes > the following guidance: > > "Figure out the rank r of the cells that will be > operated on; this will be the smaller of rank of the > verb and the rank of the operand." > > True, this guidance was given for monadic verbs, and > the reader is in the as-yet-uncharted territory of > dyadic verbage; perhaps things will be different here. > The assumption of consistency, however, is contrary > to the "therefore" in Terrance's sentence. > Identifying the rank of +/ as infinite, in contrast, > is consistent with the claim that rank-one cells apply > here. > > > Tracy > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________ > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
