The fog is lifting. I realize that trying to learn J the way I learned Fortran, PL/I and C is not the right way to go. J is truly special. The Dissect tool is great. I also realized that paying attention to the colors of the tokens in the jqt editor eliminates many stupid errors. Many thanks for all the very informative responses.
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