Thank you for all the answers. It has been very helpful. 

- Bo




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>Fra: bill lam <[email protected]>
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>Sendt: 4:38 søndag den 26. juni 2011 
>Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] Tacit  @ or @:  ??
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>> 
>> I haven't read the responses to this yet but I'm sure someone has explained 
>> the difference.
>> 
>> In short, @ is an assembly line, items being passed between workers one at a 
>> time, and @: is a hopper, all items being passed between workers in a batch.
>> 
>> Quick'n easy ruke of thumb: always use @: except when you specifically want 
>> the behavior of @ .  The former is a lot more common than the latter, and if 
>> you follow this rule, those rare occasions for @ will really stand out.
>
>I habitually use @ instead of @: because of inertia and its length is only
>half long as the other. From my experience, the case where @: is actually 
>required is less than 50%.  If the meaning the @ and @: were interchanged, I
>would still prefer using @  ;-)
>
>@: may be more efficient but it will be another subject.
>
>@Bo,  FYI v v n  is v@:v n  so that using @: will usually cause less surprise.
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