Back at the beginning of J there was a table of tridents that defined V0 V1 V2 as (x V0 y) V1 (x V2 y)
This plainly shows the execution order as right-to-left. Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Bron > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:01 PM > To: 'Programming forum' > Subject: RE: [Jprogramming] Aiming at a multi-core future > > > Good Lord, this isn't a 'bug' to be cast aside, it's a > > description of function, and one that I have counted on for > > years. > > Thanks to RE Boss' generous donations, I have quite a > collection of old J versions. I just browsed through them, > and, as far as I > can tell, this description was added in 4.06a and removed in > the next version. > > Well, to be more precise, it is present in 4.06a, but neither > in 4.05d nor 4.06d. If there were any intermediate versions (say, > 4.06c), I don't have them, so I can't say they didn't make > the assertion. (BTW, if anyone _does_ have these versions, please let > me know. It helps me answer questions just like this.) > > This doesn't quite jibe with what I remember Roger saying > during the JUG; I thought I understood he'd inserted the equivalence > after Ken's passing, and later recanted, realizing that Ken > had deliberately omitted it for just this reason. > > Or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. The only Dic page I > checked was II.F . > > In any case, I don't think I was ever under the impression > that the DoJ made this promise (but I started my career with v4.06d). > In fact, I think I've defensively coded against it. Or at > least given warning: > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2007-February/0 > 05000.html > > -Dan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
