Of course, now everything makes sense. I feel stupid now, having tied my brain 
in knots trying to figure out what was going on. I thought I found some new 
thingy. But it was just a plain old verb. 


> From: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 03:57:05 -0400
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Verb to string and Verb array
> 
> Technically, you are not indexing the tines of the fork but you are
> indexing the result of the fork.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Raul
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:09 AM, Jon Hough <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes, thanks. It seems more clear. I wasn't aware you could index tines of a 
> > fork.e.g.
> >
> > k =: ((+/),%,#)
> >
> >
> > (1{k) 5
> > gives 0.2
> > That was the main cause of confusion. Thanks.
> >
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 02:55:14 -0400
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Verb to string and Verb array
> >>
> >> k is a single verb which produces 3 values for each element of its 
> >> argument.
> >>
> >> It is also a fork, and each tine of the fork has a leaf which is a
> >> bond (n&v). So if you give it a left argument, that becomes a repeat
> >> count for those operations.
> >>
> >> There are some other properties which you can observe by inspection
> >> (each tine of the fork is composed of rank zero verbs, for example).
> >>
> >> Does that help?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> --
> >> Raul
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 2:34 AM, Jon Hough <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > I am slightly confused with how the tie (gerund) and or the linear 
> >> > representation are related to this:
> >> >
> >> > k =: (^@:(3&*)) d. 1 2 3
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > results in :
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ((3"0 * ^@(3&*)) , (9"0 * ^@(3&*)) , 27"0 * ^@(3&*))"0
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Which seems to be three verbs; If I do :
> >> > k 3
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I get :
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 24309.3 72927.8 218783
> >> > And I can also do:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > (0{k) 3
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 24309.3
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > So whatever k is, it returns three nouns for one input noun, and it is 
> >> > indexable so is an array of some sort. But what exactly (in terms of 
> >> > parts-of-speech) is k?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 18:59:52 +0200
> >> >> From: [email protected]
> >> >> To: [email protected]
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Verb to string and Verb array
> >> >>
> >> >> Exactly. Actually, any time you want something to work as if it were
> >> >> assigned to a name, you'd need brackets.
> >> >> Eg: *: +&. won't work, while *: (+&.) will. But this might be out of 
> >> >> your
> >> >> scope, since +&. is an adverb, not a verb.
> >> >>
> >> >> 2015-04-14 17:35 GMT+02:00 Jon Hough <[email protected]>:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> > Just to be clear, '(',')',~  is just to bracketify the verb so its 
> >> >> > fork
> >> >> > (in this case) works, right?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --- Original Message ---
> >> >> >
> >> >> > From: "Jan-Pieter Jacobs" <[email protected]>
> >> >> > Sent: April 14, 2015 5:26 PM
> >> >> > To: [email protected]
> >> >> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Verb to string and Verb array
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hey John,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I think 1. you can do using 5!:5:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >    mean =: +/%#
> >> >> >    mean i.5
> >> >> > 2
> >> >> >    5!:5 <'mean'
> >> >> > +/ % #
> >> >> >    datatype 5!:5 <'mean'
> >> >> > literal
> >> >> >    ". (('(',')',~5!:5) <'mean'),'0 1 2 3 4'
> >> >> > 2
> >> >> >    stringify =: '(',')',~5!:5
> >> >> >    (stringify <'mean') , '0 1 2 3 4'
> >> >> > (+/ % #)0 1 2 3 4
> >> >> >
> >> >> > For point 2, you can use gerunds to pass around verbs in a list:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >    ger =: +`-`*`%
> >> >> >    ger
> >> >> > ┌─┬─┬─┬─┐
> >> >> > │+│-│*│%│
> >> >> > └─┴─┴─┴─┘
> >> >> >    10 ((1{ger) `: 0) 20
> >> >> > _10
> >> >> >
> >> >> > There's a massive amount of uses for gerunds, like / , ^: , } , and so
> >> >> > on...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If you'd want to do these things (make a noun (or list there of)) out 
> >> >> > of
> >> >> > any type of word, I think you should be looking at atomic 
> >> >> > representation.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Jan-Pieter
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 2015-04-14 10:11 GMT+02:00 Jon Hough <[email protected]>:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > I have a couple of questions:
> >> >> > > 1. Is it possible to convert a verb, e.g. +/%# ,  to a string?": 
> >> >> > > '+/%# 2
> >> >> > 3
> >> >> > > 4' executes a stringed verb with an argument. But how would I  
> >> >> > > convert a
> >> >> > > verb to a string in the first place?
> >> >> > > Also, I discovered the eval verb
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > eval=: 1 : 0
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > ". 'w =. ' , u
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > (ar < 'w') ab
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > )
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Does this have an inverse?
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > 2. If I have two verbs (or conjunctions, adverbs for that matter), 
> >> >> > > can I
> >> >> > > not pass them around in a list?
> >> >> > > e.g. in other languages, like C# I can put functions into a list
> >> >> > > (List<Action> for example).
> >> >> > > I searched JforC and the J website and couldn't find any way to do 
> >> >> > > this.
> >> >> > > Thanks Jon
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