I understood Raul to be suggesting: foo =: 3 : ( '(*:y)%2' )
for the multi-line version of your example. At 10:55 -0700 2007/10/01, Roger Hui wrote:
Among other things, this proposal conflicts with current uses such as 3 : '(*:y)%2'----- Original Message ----- From: Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, October 1, 2007 8:37 Subject: [Jgeneral] 3 :'(' To: General forum <[email protected]>It occurs to me that allowing the character '(' to serve the same role as the 0 after the colon when introducing multi-line blocks of code might make the language more intuitive and palatable for new users. I do not think existing users would benefit much from this -- by now we are all used the unbalanced parenthesis. However, from a presentation and mnemonic standpoint, I think the extra verbosity (the two quote characters) would be justified.---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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