For those particular monadic verbs ([: – [: – [: – [: – ]) I would use ] rather than (-&-@- – ]), but maybe what is happening is that I am suggesting the specific case, while you are expressing a more general application.
Can you come up with an example where (u1 & u2 @ u3 u4) would be an expression that would be preferred for some [: u1 [: u2 [: u3 [: u4 as monadic verbs? I am a fan of tacit programming mainly because these mental gymnastics often give me insights into the problem that I may have missed. If you already have those insights then I can see why it could feel bothersome. Cheers, bob > On Aug 6, 2016, at 4:17 PM, Erling Hellenäs <[email protected]> wrote: > > The important point in this seems to be how most J programmers would write a > sequence of 4 monadic verbs and the rationality they have for writing like > that. I think they would write something like this, (-&-@- – ]) , but I might > be wrong ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
