I get #5!:5<'v' 25 for your expression here, and 27 characters for Dan's current expression.
FYI, -- Raul On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Marshall Lochbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > Since Dan and Raul seem to have given up the quest for fewer characters, > here's 21: > > v;._1 ' Spoiler follows ....... .......' > S p o i l e r > S p o i l e > S p o i l > S p o i > S p o > S p > S > > f o l l o w s > f o l l o w > f o l l o > f o l l > f o l > f o > f > > . . . . . . . > . . . . . . > . . . . . > . . . . > . . . > . . > . > > . . . . . . . > . . . . . . > . . . . . > . . . . > . . . > . . > . > > > > v =. -@i.@# |."_1 [:|.1j1&#\ > # '-@i.@#|."_1[:|.1j1&#\' > 21 > > Marshall > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 09:56:43AM -0400, Jose Mario Quintana wrote: >> v=. ... NB. J Incantation... >> >> v'ABRACADABRA' >> A B R A C A D A B R A >> A B R A C A D A B R >> A B R A C A D A B >> A B R A C A D A >> A B R A C A D >> A B R A C A >> A B R A C >> A B R A >> A B R >> A B >> A >> >> v'I create as I speak' >> I c r e a t e a s I s p e a k >> I c r e a t e a s I s p e a >> I c r e a t e a s I s p e >> I c r e a t e a s I s p >> I c r e a t e a s I s >> I c r e a t e a s I >> I c r e a t e a s I >> I c r e a t e a s >> I c r e a t e a s >> I c r e a t e a >> I c r e a t e >> I c r e a t e >> I c r e a t >> I c r e a >> I c r e >> I c r >> I c >> I >> I >> >> David Darling >> The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes >> http://www.amazon.com/The-Universal-Book-Mathematics-Abracadabra/dp/0471270474 >> >> abracadabra >> >> A word famously used by magicians but which started >> out as a cabalistic or mystical charm for curing various >> ailments, including toothache and fever. It was first mentioned >> in a poem called Praecepta de Medicina by the >> Gnostic physician Quintus Severus Sammonicus in the >> second century A.D. Sammonicus instructed that the letters >> be written on parchment in the form of a triangle: >> >> A B R A C A D A B R A >> A B R A C A D A B R >> A B R A C A D A B >> A B R A C A D A >> A B R A C A D >> A B R A C A >> A B R A C >> A B R A >> A B R >> A B >> A >> >> This was to be folded into the shape of a cross, worn for >> nine days suspended from the neck, and, before sunrise, >> cast behind the patient into a stream running eastward. It >> was also a popular remedy in the Middle Ages. During >> the Great Plague, around 1665, large numbers of these >> amulets were worn as safeguards against infection. The >> origin of the word itself is uncertain. One theory is that it >> is based on Abrasax, the name of an Egyptian deity. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
