And we can notice that with v c v c v c v (four verbs and three conjunctions) we reach your count of seven!
Incidentally, replacing |. with ] improves my examples: -@]/ 1 2 3 3 -@(]/) 1 2 3 _3 Sent from my iPad On Feb 3, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Tracy Harms <[email protected]> wrote: > My experience has been that my openness to long chains of modifiers has > increased as I get better at reading J. Also, I find value in the > widespread idea that seven, plus or minus two, is a count of things that > people can keep in mind simultaneously. I don't think it's worth proposing > specific standards for what counts as "a thing" for such tallying, but do > think it's worth noticing as a rough guide. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
