Raul asked:
> What are "superfluous" parens, in this context?

A sentence  s0  contains superfluous parens if parens can be removed to produce 
a sentence  s1  such that  s1 -:&". s0  .  IOW, it depends on (the nameclasses 
of the words in) your argument.  

I will study your solution in more detail; I like that it's iterative instead 
of recursive.  I note that your final verb's elegance can be increased slightly 
with the use of  &.  .  To wit:

     (  ([: ~.@; <@[EMAIL PROTECTED]&a:"1)^:_@,: )&.;:

-Dan

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