I recognize that your intent was in the rhetoric, not the particular code you chose for your example, but I wish to amplify R. E. Boss' affirmation that the code had no flaw.
The comparison was with "if (x>20) return true; else return false;" That code does not involve application to an argument, so the alternative J ( >&20 ) was a more direct parallel than the noun-phrase proposed by Björn ( >&20 y ) --Tracy On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochb...@gmail.com>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...@gmil.com <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
