See 'A Mistake to Avoid' in the Rank chapter of JfC. You THINK you are forcing <. to operate on lists, but you're not. You are making a new verb that operates on lists; then that verb invokes <. .
Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terrence Brannon > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:33 AM > To: General forum > Subject: [Jgeneral] using absurd ranks with Floor > > I'm wondering what went on under the hood when I passed an absurd rank > to Floor. Floor by default operates with rank 0 - it takes the floor > of each element. And that is what makes sense. Any other rank is > absurd. > > But why didn't it blow up when forced to operate on 1-cells or > 2-cells. In fact, why did it give the right answer? > > b =: 2 2 $ 4.5 6.7 8.8 9.8 > b > 4.5 6.7 > 8.8 9.8 > <. b > 4 6 > 8 9 > <."1 b > 4 6 > 8 9 > <."2 b > 4 6 > 8 9 > > -- > > J IRC Channel irc://irc.freenode.org/jsoftware > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
