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Many verbs in J (and APL) were designed so that fixing the left argument of the dyad made a sensible monad, so I expect to see more occurrences of n&v than of v&n . ----- Original Message ----- From: Tracy Harms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 8:25 Subject: [Jprogramming] Amend } To: [email protected] > Thank you, Raul. > > Before checking back onto the list I'd realized that my > attempted explanation for my "need" to use cap was worthless, > but I hadn't figured out my actual error. You showed me what I'd > done wrong. > > This reminds me that some here have talked about why they prefer > binding the verb to the left of the constant, as a matter of > course. I wouldn't have had a problem if I'd had used that style. > > I tend to find ' '&= to be easier reading than =&' ' (perhaps > because the argument is readily imagined as "entering from the > right") but I suspect I'll end up preferring Currying in the v&n > form because it eliminates parentheses and the sort of head- > scratching I did this morning. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
