On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote:
[suffix scan]
> is not in the Special Code section because there is
> nothing special about its implementation.
> There are examples of code that are even neater but are
> not "special" and so are not in Appendix B.

It's a special case that doesn't follow from the general
implementation of the suffix adverb, and it does cause serious time
saving visible for the user.  This is why it should be in the Special
Codes page.  I think this agrees with the introduction on that page as
well.  Similarly, monadic (,/) is on that page because it's faster
than what you'd expect from a naive completely general implementation
of insert.

Ambrus
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