I can't reproduce your results above in a clean J7 session. f=:i nc <'f' 3 g=:j nc <'g' 3 h =: blah nc <'h' 3 NB. The interpreter appears to assume that an unassigned name is a verb that has not yet been assigned.
blah=: *: h 3 4 5 9 16 25 On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Linda Alvord <[email protected]>wrote: > Most verbs don't need parentheses. Why isn't =: a verb? > > Also along these lines, explain this: > > f=:i > nc <'f' > 3 > g=:j > nc <'g' > 1 > > Does that explain my question? > > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ric > Sherlock > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 3:57 AM > To: Programming JForum > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] A tale of two nouns > > Linda, I'm not really sure what point you are trying to make. f and g are > both literal lists. h is a verb and nothing ever gets assigned to i . > > Are you thinking the primitive ( =: ) is a combination of the verb ( = ) > and > the conjunction ( : ) ? > > On Feb 9, 2013 9:24 PM, "Linda Alvord" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > f =: '=:' > > > > nc <'f' > > > > 0 > > > > g =: '= :' > > > > nc <'g' > > > > 0 > > > > h =: *: > > > > h 7 11 > > > > 49 121 > > > > i = : *: > > > > i = :*: > > > > i 7 11 > > > > > > > > i 7 11 > > > > |value error: i > > | i 7 11 > > > > > > > > f and g are both nouns, but they aren't the same noun. > > > > > > > > Is f really a noun? If "is" is a verb, isn't "=:" a verb? > > > > > > > > Linda > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
