Drumheller, Michael wrote: >>>> but I think the "once and only once" >>>> concept is the real issue which seems to make that opinion valid. > > I must agree. Thank you for highlighting the real issue. (However, > wouldn't a V with no quotes would be just as short, and more > mnemonic, than a 3...?)
It would be just as short. However, unadorned sequences of letters are variables in the language (roughly analogous to $ or @ prefixed names in Perl). -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
