> A gerund is a noun ... +`*`-`- ┌─┬─┬─┬─┐ │+│*│-│-│ └─┴─┴─┴─┘ (,&.>'+*--') -: +`*`-`- 1
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 6:39 AM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > A gerund is a noun, so in +`*`-`- i. 33 it's more accurate to say that > i. is applied to the gerund and 33 rather than the gerund is applied to i. > , and an easier explanation of why the result is 4. > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Cliff Reiter <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think the first time I saw gerund insert, Ken Iverson showed off >> >> +`%/10# 1x >> >> 13r8 >> >> >> getting Fibonacci approximations to the Golden ratio, so I always >> expected it to be "from the front". >> >> >> Seeing this thread, I decided to experiment but forgot to "insert" and >> got something unexpected: >> >> >> +`* i.3 >> >> 2 >> >> +`* 0 1 2 >> >> |syntax error >> >> | +`*0 1 2 >> >> >> +`* i.33 >> >> 2 >> >> +`*`-`- i.33 >> >> 4 >> >> Gerund applied to i. gives the length of the gerund?! >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
