3!:3]99 e1000000 04000000 01000000 00000000 63000000 Well, internally it looks like J treats scalar 99 as an array of rank zero.
The purpose of using terms like noun, verb etc. is to communicate J concepts or ideas. When teaching we use analogies to help a student grasp a new concept by relating it to one he/she is already familiar. When one analogy doesn't work, try another. Using English parts of speech to J syntax is excellent tool for teaching J to people familiar with English grammar. But we shouldn't carry the analogy too far. After all, we don't call amend (}) an adjective. Using noun, verb, adverb and conjunction to describe J syntax is a good one and economical for communication as well. Putting pro- in front of them to help describe J names is unnecessary and is leading to carrying the analogy too far. Lets leave extending analogies to the breaking point and beyond to ad men and politicians. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
