http://keiapl.org/anec/#nvv

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.
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