> So, the question is, how often do you need to say > "all arrays other than atoms"? My guess is, not > very often. Less often in J than in APL with > the concept of prefix agreement in J.
Not often, I agree. But I have a few phrases that I think every J programmer would do well to commit to memory, and one of those is An array is a list of its items. which unfortunately isn't true of an atom. So now I have to water down the phrase. Ecch. The phrases suggested so far are accurate but lack zip. Since atom = 'a-' not + 'tom' divide , i. e. that which cannot be divided, I could just use 'tom' to refer to a non-atomic/composite/higher-order array. That has zip. But no one would understand, and like Roger says, this is not a frequent-enough need to introduce a new term for. Henry Rich ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
