Hey Rick,

Are you here in Toronto?  I think a large group is meeting up at the
Spotted Dick Pub, across from the Marriott near the Conference location.
I will be there a little later, probably around 8pm. Hopefully we'll see
you there.

Ken

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote:

> When you assign a Tacit verb to a name the value of the nouns in the
> definition are "compiled" in to the tacit definition. If you use an
> explicit definition the noun will be reevaluate d each time.
> On Jul 22, 2012 1:32 PM, "David Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I have a noun called paths, whose value changes at various points, and a
> > verb g that uses paths. The problem is, it only works for the initial
> value
> > of paths.
> >
> >    paths =: \:~&.> (;~ 0$0) , <\ 2+i.7
> >    paths
> > ┌┬┬─┬───┬─────┬───────┬─────────┬───────────┬─────────────┐
> > │││2│3 2│4 3 2│5 4 3 2│6 5 4 3 2│7 6 5 4 3 2│8 7 6 5 4 3 2│
> > └┴┴─┴───┴─────┴───────┴─────────┴───────────┴─────────────┘
> >    g =. >@{&paths
> >    g
> > >@{&((0$0);(0$0);(,2);3 2;4 3 2;5 4 3 2;6 5 4 3 2;7 6 5 4 3 2;8 7 6 5 4 3
> > 2)
> >
> > So now when paths changes, g becomes useless.
> >
> > My question is how can I get g to always check the value of paths when it
> > is executed? And more generally, how can the name of a noun rather than
> the
> > value of the noun be used in a verb?
> >
> > Many thanks.
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