The best source of info on special code or Combinations that I know of is here:
https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/SpecialCombinations On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 1:59 AM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 7:38 AM Arnab Chakraborty <damd...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks for the code. But I did not quite comprehend the phrase > "special > > code". Do you mean that the hook (i. <./) gets replaced by some low > level C > > code, instead of being parsed as a general hook? > > I believe it's that (i. <./) gets a special low level C implementation > after being parsed as a general hook. > > (Parsing still happens as normal -- but already there are a variety of > implementations that get used for any single parse. There's a lower > level virtual machine here which implements the J primitives. It deals > with the different machine types that can be used in arrays, and it > also deals with choosing what to do based on the verbs that are used.) > > See also: > > https://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/special.htm > > Currently, the line mentioning i.<./ appears twice on that page. > > 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
