Thank you for all the answers. It has been very helpful. - Bo
>________________________________ >Fra: bill lam <[email protected]> >Til: [email protected] >Sendt: 4:38 søndag den 26. juni 2011 >Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] Tacit @ or @: ?? > >> >> 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. > >-- >regards, >==================================================== >GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 >gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
