I do this (A;<B) customarily as well because I've been surprised too many times doing it the simpler (usually equivalent) way.
It's like the good habit of doing comparisons in the order "constant=expression", as in "if( 0==var)...", in C. On 2/29/08, Matthew Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, it does. I got into the habit of boxing the > rightmost item in a list because of the difference > between: > > > (<10 20);(3 4;< 1 2) > > > and > > > (<10 20);<(3 4;< 1 2) > > > But you are right, > > (<10 20);<(3 4; 1 2) > > > gives identical results to > > (<10 20);<(3 4;< 1 2) > > > It just seems like a good habit which avoids a > potential mistake. > > If I remeber correctly, I think that HR in J for > C-programmers discusses this point somewhere. > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Matthew Brand wrote: > > > (<10 20);<(3 4;< 1 2) > > > > The part (3 4;< 1 2) looks a bit > > suspicous to me. > > You know that (3 4 ; 1 2) yields just the > > same? > > > > Martin > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. > A Smarter Inbox. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
