On the other hand, faster and shorter does not always mean logical and consistent.
Conj @ preserves the rank and @: kills it, so @ is more basic. Using the inflection shows you mean something special: speed. Oleg On Sep 5, 2007, at 12:52 PM, "Raul Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It seems to me that a philosophy of J might be better served if @ and @: had their meanings swapped. Likewise for & and &: This is because (except in cases altered by special code), @: tends to be faster than @ (and I believe the same holds for & and &:). The main corresponding philosophy is that shorter code should tend to be faster than longer code. A secondary philosophy is that the trailing : would a visual pun suggesting treatment of small pieces. On the flip side, of course, is the philosophy of supporting existing users -- if this were changed, all sorts of code would subtly break. A related issue is that there may be a variety of other "would be nice, or at least interesting" changes of a similar character which are currently unidentified. I'm not necessarily going anywhere with this -- I classify this issue in the "worth noting, but not an action item" bin. It's been on my mind, so I figured I'd write this down. But is there an organized collection of these nits somewhere? Thanks, -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
