I wrote:
>  Check out the verb "dont", and try to reimplement 
>  it without the using  ]^:(1:`(<'@.'))  or 
>  something equally sneaky.

Of course I should have said try to reimplement it _tacitly_ without being
sneaky.  

Of course you could wrap  @.  in an explicit verb (and so get the
reusability of a verb but the full power of  @.  with a noun right
argument), but challenge is to do it tacitly. The impetus for this thread
was a desire for a tacit verb to apply gerunds to items.  The tacit verbs I
posted took this a step further and permitted the execution of arbitrary
noun phrases (which is about as powerful as a verb can get), and did so
quoting the absolute minimum amount of code (the "stupid J trick").

-Dan

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