Reluctance indeed. Roger has said he wouldn't have x and p at all if he had it to do over again.
Henry Rich Devon McCormick wrote: > I can see why "x" and "p" are at the same level of the hierarchy as they are > very similar to each other in terms of what they do. In order for these to > be used together, we'd need to have another precedence rule. Perhaps > there's a reluctance to make another rule for such an uncommon case. > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Richard Donovan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >>> The Dictionary article on Constants >>> >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dcons.htm >>> >>> has the comment >>> >>> "Furthermore, symbols at the same level of the hierarchy cannot be used >> together: >>> 1p2x3 is an ill-formed number." >>> >>> Kip Murray >>> >> >> But as the original poster asked, does anyone know WHY >> this restriction exists? >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Beyond Hotmail — see what else you can do with Windows Live. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665375/direct/01/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
