Numerically speaking, newcomers tend to be in the future - mostly when people with this specialization release significant work which interests people with different specializations.
And, large scale attention tends to come in bursts, and tends to be disruptive. Besides, everyone knows you are supposed to avoid sin! (That's a joke, or it is supposed to be... sometimes I wonder if there was some manager at some point in the past whose anger at "sin" strongly encouraged the concept of "circle functions".) See also: sturgeon's law. Thanks, -- Raul On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Alex Giannakopoulos <[email protected]> wrote: > Incidentally, the monadic verbs I was testing were my shortcut trig > functions. > > So I enter > 4 sin 1 NB. expecting an error > 0.627572 NB. and I get sin(sin(sin(sin 1)))) > > Of course, I'd discounted that sin=: 1&o. > So this "feature" should be highlighted a lot more, in my opinion, as it > could easily throw a newcomer. I.e. if the newcomer is still with us... > > > On 3 May 2014 14:22, Alex Giannakopoulos <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi R.E. - I don't know if that was meant to be an answer to me, but if it >> was, I don't see how it covers it... sorry, maybe I'm being obtuse. >> >> The form of what the OP has posted, seems to me to be: >> (m&v n&u) y >> >> This seems to reduce to: >> >> (m&v) ^:y (n&u y) >> >> OK, but can't see which part of the docs clarifies that. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 3 May 2014 12:19, R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d630n.htm >>> >>> >>> R.E. Boss >>> >>> (Add your info to http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Community/Demographics ) >>> >>> >>> >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: [email protected] [mailto:programming- >>> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Giannakopoulos >>> > Sent: zaterdag 3 mei 2014 12:05 >>> > To: J Programming forum >>> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Simple tacit verbs problem >>> > >>> > Damn, I just tried prefixing a whole bunch of monadic verbs with an >>> > integer, and it did indeed apply them N many times. What's the point of >>> > the power function ^: then? More importantly, where exactly is this >>> > documented? J never stops surprising me, though sometimes I wonder if >>> > that's a good thing! >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On 30 April 2014 17:15, km <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Your func2 is a "hook", see the diagram at >>> > > >>> > > http://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help801/dictionary/dictf.htm >>> > > >>> > > You may also need to understand the dyadic case of m&v , see >>> > > >>> > > http://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help801/dictionary/d630n.htm >>> > > >>> > > --Kip Murray >>> > > >>> > > Sent from my iPad >>> > > >>> > > > On Apr 30, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Jon Hough <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > > > >>> > > > I can't understand why >>> > > > func1 =. 3&+ @: (2&-) >>> > > > func2 =. (3&+) (2&-) >>> > > > >>> > > > give different results as mondaic verbs. >>> > > > func1 5 gives 0, which is what I would expect. >>> > > > func2 5 gives 12, which I can't understand. >>> > > > I would like to know what the difference is between func1 and func2. >>> It >>> > > is my understanding that for monadic verbs @: is optional, so doesn't >>> add >>> > > anything to the meaning of the whole verb. >>> > > > Regards. >>> > > > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > > > 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 >>> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
