Well, Java doesn't use the Iverson bracket, so if they say return x > 20;
it means something different (it returns a boolean). That's a different battle to fight. Henry Rich On 12/25/2011 10:42 PM, Marshall Lochbaum wrote: > Actually I think the Java (which was in fact Java rather than C, although > you had no way of knowing) was "if (x>20) return 1; else return 0;". My > friend proposed this as a more readable version than ">&20" when I > suggested it. In any case, I stand by my rhetoric; the actual code is > irrelevant. > > Marshall > > 2011/12/25 Björn Helgason<gos...@gmail.com> > >> It is possible to use the extra unused y as comment >> >> gt20=:20<[ >> 15 10 35 21 gt20 'true if one otherwise false if zero' >> 0 0 1 1 >> >> >> 2011/12/25 Björn Helgason<gos...@gmail.com> >> >>> If you want to use x as the example is showing you could do it like this >>> >>> gt=:20<[ >>> 21 gt '' >>> 1 >>> >>> >>> 2011/12/25 R.E. Boss<r.e.b...@planet.nl> >>> >>> No. >>>> Lochbaum stated it correctly. >>>> It was you who did not recognize>&20 as a (monadic) verb. >>>> >>>> gt=:>&20 >>>> >>>> 4!:0<'gt' >>>> 3 >>>> >>>> >>>> R.E. Boss >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>>>> Van: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com [mailto:programming- >>>>> boun...@jsoftware.com] Namens Björn Helgason >>>>> Verzonden: zondag 25 december 2011 9:49 >>>>> Aan: Programming forum >>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] Debian Forum comparing J to Brainf* >>>>> >>>>> " I once had a friend tell me that "if (x>20) return true; else return >>>>> false;" was clearer than the J equivalent ">&20". I hope you can see >>>> past " >>>>> >>>>> Then this should be ">&20 y" >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
