> I get the same result in both cases.
> Am I missing something?
The expressions [: i. <[EMAIL PROTECTED] And i.@<[EMAIL PROTECTED] are
different because of section II.G of the Dictionary:
Some verbs f produce floating point (inexact) results
on some extended arguments because the result is not integral;
however, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] and >[EMAIL PROTECTED] produce extended
integer results
when applied to extended integer arguments.
http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dictg.htm
That is, the verb <[EMAIL PROTECTED] is supported by special code to produce
exact results.
The first expression [: i. <[EMAIL PROTECTED] contains this optimized verb,
but the second expression i.@<[EMAIL PROTECTED] doesn't (in a format which
the interpreter can recognize it).
Specifically, i.@<[EMAIL PROTECTED] parses as (i.@<.)@^. and that's not the
same as <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (where the <. is the last verb applied).
If you'd like me to, I take a minute to work up example inputs where the two
expressions' outputs differ.
-Dan
PS: See also
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2007-November/008892.html
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