Roger, I wasn't sure what to expect, but this is odd. Why 1? lr=: 3 : '5!:5<''y''' lr ;:'Fire is catching. If we burn, you burn with us!' <;._1 ' Fire is catching. If we burn , you burn with us !' <;._1 ' Fire is catching. If we burn , you burn with us !' -----T--T---------T--T--T----T-T---T----T----T--T-┐ │Fire│is│catching.│If│we│burn│,│you│burn│with│us│!│ L----+--+---------+--+--+----+-+---+----+----+--+-- lr2=: 13 : '5!:5<''y''' lr2 ;:'Fire is catching. If we burn, you burn with us!' 1 Linda
-----Original Message----- From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Roger Hui Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:59 PM To: Programming forum Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] What's in a noun? You have found an Easter egg! lr=: 3 : '5!:5<''y''' lr 3+4*i.100 3+4*i.100 lr 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 3+2*i.9 lr (1e6$'J'),'J' 1000001$'J' lr ;:'Fire is catching. If we burn, you burn with us!' <;._1 ' Fire is catching. If we burn , you burn with us !' etc. The limit error is in the computation to produce 5!:5<'A' On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Ben Gorte - CITG <b.g.h.go...@tudelft.nl>wrote: > Hi, > > It's nothing to worry about, but the other day I stumbled at something > like this: > > A=: (i.12)+(2*i.12)+i.12 > A&* > (4*i.12)&* > > Never mind my two input lines - I was surprised, however, by the third > (the output). > Or shouldn't I be? > > Then I found: > 5!:5 < 'A' > 4*i.12 > > but still... > > Here it's already an advantage: > A=. i.1e6 > 5!:5 < 'A' > i.1000000 > > But then I'd say this could also work: > A=. i.1e8 > 5!:5 < 'A' > |limit error > > (I'm using 32bit) > > Greetings, > Ben > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
