= is rank 0
-: is rank infinity

Try 0= 1$0 and 0-: 1$0
and note the shape of results

On Dec 20, 2017 1:16 PM, "Dabrowski, Andrew John" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Here's my latest exasperation.
>
>     zero =: < (1$0)
>
>     zero
>
> ┌─┐
>
> │0│
>
> └─┘
>
>     > zero
>
> 0
>
>     $ > zero
>
> 1
>
>     zero = <0
>
> 0
>
>     (>zero) = 0
>
> 1
>
>
> Why in God's name does J consider a singleton list 0 equal to the scalar
> 0 but consider the boxed versions of each distinct?
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