to clarify, its not that I don't understand hooks. Its that a fork can replace any hook, and if all trains were forks, then the extra step of figuring out what kind of train we are reading wouldn't be necessary.
btw, hi again everyone :) ----- Original Message ---- From: Zsbán Ambrus <[email protected]> To: Programming forum <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 2:59:31 PM Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] remove hooks or add h. ? On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Pascal Jasmin <[email protected]> wrote: > I've seen recently that the developers view hooks as a mistake, and > considered the alternative h. conjunction. For some time I didn't understand hooks. I found it strange how much Dan Bron used them. It took me a few years but I think I'm finally starting to get them. I'm still not at the stage Dan claims he is, not using the [ and ] verbs when he can avoid it, but I now use monadic hooks very often, sometimes even the (u~ v) form, and occasionally I even find a use for diadic hooks. Please give hooks some time, and don't ask for them to be removed just because you don't use them. Even if you don't, there are now at least two people who find hooks useful. Ambrus ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
