On Oct 16, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Miller, Raul D wrote:

I wrote:
   (0 >. +)/&.|.\ a

/ is right to left, but gambler uses left to right.
   /(&.|.) is left to right.

&. is unnecessary and could cause problems in the general
case (not this specific case).  As & is sufficient, I should
have said:

   (0 >. +)/&|.\ a

and so on.

-- Raul

The At Play With J article in Vector 15.2, October 1998, has a discussion of what it calls "Maximum Infix Sums" which may pertain to this problem.
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