Was this a puzzle or was this intended for chat forum? If it's a puzzle, ... my first implementation of v had 30=#5!:5<'v' and used a proverb.
Thanks, -- Raul On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Jose Mario Quintana <[email protected]> wrote: > v=. ... NB. J Incantation... > > v'ABRACADABRA' > A B R A C A D A B R A > A B R A C A D A B R > A B R A C A D A B > A B R A C A D A > A B R A C A D > A B R A C A > A B R A C > A B R A > A B R > A B > A > > v'I create as I speak' > I c r e a t e a s I s p e a k > I c r e a t e a s I s p e a > I c r e a t e a s I s p e > I c r e a t e a s I s p > I c r e a t e a s I s > I c r e a t e a s I > I c r e a t e a s I > I c r e a t e a s > I c r e a t e a s > I c r e a t e a > I c r e a t e > I c r e a t e > I c r e a t > I c r e a > I c r e > I c r > I c > I > I > > David Darling > The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes > http://www.amazon.com/The-Universal-Book-Mathematics-Abracadabra/dp/0471270474 > > abracadabra > > A word famously used by magicians but which started > out as a cabalistic or mystical charm for curing various > ailments, including toothache and fever. It was first mentioned > in a poem called Praecepta de Medicina by the > Gnostic physician Quintus Severus Sammonicus in the > second century A.D. Sammonicus instructed that the letters > be written on parchment in the form of a triangle: > > A B R A C A D A B R A > A B R A C A D A B R > A B R A C A D A B > A B R A C A D A > A B R A C A D > A B R A C A > A B R A C > A B R A > A B R > A B > A > > This was to be folded into the shape of a cross, worn for > nine days suspended from the neck, and, before sunrise, > cast behind the patient into a stream running eastward. It > was also a popular remedy in the Middle Ages. During > the Great Plague, around 1665, large numbers of these > amulets were worn as safeguards against infection. The > origin of the word itself is uncertain. One theory is that it > is based on Abrasax, the name of an Egyptian deity. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
