Cap, I served with zero. I knew zero. zero was a friend of mine. Cap, you're no zero.
Just kidding :) On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Kip Murray <thekipmur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I regard cap as a brilliant invention, analagous to the invention of zero. > "Does nothing" cap is analagous to "Adds nothing" zero. It may help you > to read cap in trains as "the ... of ...", eg > > [: %: [: +/ *: > > is the square root of the sum of squares. > > --Kip Murray > > On Sunday, February 15, 2015, Jose Mario Quintana < > jose.mario.quint...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I enjoy decapitating capped forks in a flash using one of my favorite > > wicked adverbs (decap), > > > > ( NoProblem=. see f.decap ) > > i.@:[ +/ i.@:(#~) > > > > 3 NoProblem 2 > > 0 1 2 > > 3 4 5 > > 6 7 8 > > > > 1 2 3 > > 4 5 6 > > 7 8 9 > > > > 2 3 4 > > 5 6 7 > > 8 9 10 > > > > Decap replaces the form ([: u v) by (u@:v). If for whatever reason one > > wants to avoid @: in favor of @ (and ") then the form (u@:v) could > always > > be replaced by (u@v”_), > > > > 3 (i.@["_ +/ i.@(#~)"_) 2 > > 0 1 2 > > 3 4 5 > > 6 7 8 > > > > 1 2 3 > > 4 5 6 > > 7 8 9 > > > > 2 3 4 > > 5 6 7 > > 8 9 10 > > > > Sometimes one can get away by simply replacing @: by @, > > > > 3 (i.@[ +/ i.@(#~) ) 2 > > 0 1 2 > > 3 4 5 > > 6 7 8 > > > > 1 2 3 > > 4 5 6 > > 7 8 9 > > > > 2 3 4 > > 5 6 7 > > 8 9 10 > > > > By the way, when the meaning of an expression is undefined; for example, > > in, > > > > `/ > > |syntax error > > | `/ > > > > An enlighten person could modify the official interpreted and assign a > new, > > or an ancient, meaning to that form (the conjunction adverb form in the > > example above) extending the current J language. However, in your > > sentence: > > > > [:>:i.4 > > |domain error > > | [:>:i.4 > > > > that is not the case. So, either the monadic definition of [: would have > > to changed (and most likely someone's existing code would brake) or our > > beloved sophisticated simple parsing rules would have to be alter (and > the > > sky would fall). > > > > Thus, "If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill" > > comes to mind. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Linda Alvord <lindaalv...@verizon.net > > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > Brian, I like 9!: combinaions. Is it true that you can always remove [: > > > from > > > a tacit monadic function? > > > > > > Also, it doesn't seem to be possible to remove all of them from a > dyadic > > > verb. Here's some examples from code run in a terminal: > > > > > > 9!:3]5 > > > see=: 13 :'(i.x)+/i.y#x' > > > 3 see 2 > > > 0 1 2 > > > 3 4 5 > > > 6 7 8 > > > > > > 1 2 3 > > > 4 5 6 > > > 7 8 9 > > > > > > 2 3 4 > > > 5 6 7 > > > 8 9 10 > > > see > > > ([: i. [) +/ [: i. #~ > > > 9!:3]5 > > > cbB=: 13 :'<"0@>:@i.y' > > > pairs=: 13 :'(>:@i. x),"0/>:@i. y' > > > countB =: <@cb"1@pairs > > > > > > cbB > > > <"0@>:@i. > > > pairs > > > ([: >:@i. [) ,"0/ [: >:@i. ] > > > countB > > > <@cb"1@pairs > > > > > > Linda > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com <javascript:;> > > > [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com <javascript:;>] On > > Behalf Of Brian > > > Schott > > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 2:34 PM > > > To: Programming forum > > > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Source of frustration > > > > > > Raul, > > > > > > Yes, thanks. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com > > <javascript:;>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I think you mean "tree representation" where you wrote "linear > > > > representation". > > > > > > > > -- > > > (B=) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
