See also http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Capped_Fork
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherlock, Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, July 8, 2007 12:46 Subject: RE: [Jprogramming] Basic issue -- verb-composing conjunctions To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > Firstly thanks to Tracy for asking the question and Raul for providing > such an instructive answer. > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raul Miller > > but, basically, the 5 Trident rule recognizes that cap and > > knows that you want to be using i. as a monad rather than as a dyad. > > > > The derived verb [: i. >: has essentially the same behavior > > as i. @: >: but it's spelled differently. > > Is there any advantage/disadvantage to using [: rather than @: > or is it > just a style issue? > I checked out both the following versions with 6!:2 and 7!:2 and they > seem to be equivalent. > tricap=:+/\[:>:i. > triatop=:+/\>:@:i. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
