Probably, yes. And I was sort of provocative by not going with the implied limitations.
But there's can be quite a bit of ambiguity when key issues are implied, rather than addressed or illustrated. This is a problem I face myself, quite often: How can I be aware of important issues which matter to other people, when I am incredibly focused on my own point of view? That said: (1) Erling Hellenäs had already posted some solutions which satisfied the "one verb" constraint using * as that verb (at the time I made my 42981696"_ post). (2) Realizing that derived verbs are J verbs is an important lesson which beginning J programmers often overlook. You can't really be a good J progammer if you don't understand the grammar of the language. And it's not that the grammar is hard to understand - it's extremely simple. But it's so simple that it's also easy to sometimes get by with false generalizations about its rules. This leads into the almost inevitable "no that's not what I meant" sorts of social issues. So yes, my post was - in a sense - somewhat bratty. But I felt that the underlying issue was important enough to raise the point and stick with it at least until someone called me on it. Thanks, -- Raul On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Skip Cave <s...@caveconsulting.com> wrote: > Raul, > > I think Linda means J *primitive* verbs. > > Skip > > Skip Cave > Cave Consulting LLC > > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That was, of course, a j verb. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Raul >> >> On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Linda Alvord <lindaalv...@verizon.net> >> wrote: >> > All you are allowed to add are J verbs without affecting the pattern: >> > >> > Linda >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com >> > [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Erling >> > Hellenäs >> > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 9:42 AM >> > To: programm...@jsoftware.com >> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] High Speed Train Challenge >> > >> > 3(***(***)(***))4 NB. Challenge >> > 35831808 >> > 3(*****(***)(***))4 NB. Solution >> > 429981696 >> > 3((***)(***)***)4 NB. Verify against >> > 429981696 >> > 3([: <. 0.5 + * ^ 8:)4 NB. Other expression with same result >> > 429981696 >> > 3 (* *^:8 1:) 4 NB. Other expression with same result >> > 429981696 >> > 3 (***************) 4 NB. Other expression with same result >> > 429981696 >> > >> > /Erling >> > >> > On 2014-07-19 12:33, Linda Alvord wrote: >> >> Here is the rule: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> You may only insert one verb as many times as you wish anywhere in >> the >> >> expression to produce the desired result: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 3(%%%%)4 >> >> >> >> 3 >> >> >> >> 3(%**%%*%)4 >> >> >> >> 16 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Here is the desired result: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 3((***)(***)***)4 >> >> >> >> 429981696 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Here is the expression you must modify to generate 42981696: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 3(***(***)(***))4 >> >> >> >> 35831808 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
