There's always one in a group isn't there :) I'd would say that the specs suggest that the period is added so that the case of '.a' wouldn't come up as the only two letter arguments allowable end in a period. Subject to interpretation, I'd call it a feature :)
By the way, I picked some low hanging fruit and reduced to 50 by appending [ and removing the outer most brackets 1j1#"1&|:(25{.(a.{~,2#65 97+/i.26)(>:@i.}.[){.)"0[ 's.' t u v w x y z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r It may be familiarity but I find this current version much easier to read than some of the others (including my iterations :) ) Cheers, bob ps. I really enjoyed reading your presentation at the J conference. http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Community/Conference2012#Schedule On 2012-08-28, at 11:22 AM, Jose Mario Quintana wrote: > Speaking of "seems to be an exercise in extreme arbitrariness"; is > the following, > > (1j1#"1&|:(25{.(a.{~,2#65 97+/i.26)(>:@i.}.[){.)"0) '.a' > b > c > d > e > f > g > h > i > j > k > l > m > n > o > p > q > r > s > t > u > v > w > x > y > z > > a bug, a feature, or both? > > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:29 PM, bob therriault <bobtherria...@mac.com> >> wrote: >>> Raul, you should put that up on the contest site. >> >> If anyone wants to post any of these up on the contest, site, feel free. >> >> I'm not going to bother, though, myself. This is an interesting >> exercise, taken by itself, but the "contest" aspect seems to be an >> exercise in extreme arbitrariness, and personally I not able to muster >> any interest in the social interaction that's likely to accompany >> that. >> >> Also, I was not the only contributor here -- it's hardly "my code". >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Raul >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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