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> Namens Henry Rich
> Verzonden: zaterdag 13 oktober 2007 17:26
> Aan: 'General forum'
> Onderwerp: RE: [Jgeneral] paradoxes - (2) Behead (1) arrays
>
> The key concept is that of 'item'. An array (no, wait, a
> non-atomic array) is a list of its items. Many of J's
> primitives treat the items as unbreakable.
>
> {. removes the first item. That leaves 0 items. The
> shape of an item remains unchanged, but there are still
> 0 of them.
>
(...)
So obviously there are 0 items:
# i.0 2 3
0
But what about
{. i.0 2 3
0 0 0
0 0 0
Is this the first (and last) of 0 items?
R.E. Boss
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