To give you a more direct reply:

conjunctions, like  & and @ work on either verbs or nouns.
=: and =. are neither, they are a special category called copula.

I hope this clarifies.
On 20 Nov 2014 00:21, "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> wrote:

> See also
>
> http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dicte.htm
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Raul
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Sergey Kamenev <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >    a=:2
> >
> >    (a &+)\ 1 2 3
> > 3 0 0
> > 3 4 0
> > 3 4 5
> >
> >
> > *(a & =:)\ 1 2 3*
> > |syntax error
> > |   (a&=:)\1 2 3
> >
> > *Why error?*
> >
> > Even more simple example
> >
> >    a + & ^. 5
> > 2.30259
> >
> >  a =: & ^. 5
> > |syntax error
> > |   a=:    &^.5
> >
> > *Why compose don't support assigment?*
> >
> > Sergey
> >
> > P.S.
> >
> >    a =: @ ^. 5
> > |syntax error
> > |   a=:    @^.5
> >
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