On 2/19/07, Tracy Harms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(It seem that the advantage of explicit definition is straightforward: It is necessary when the coder wishes to write the verb in more than one line, and it is convenient for increased readability esp. when the code is more complex. But please, correct me if I'm in error.)
Explicit definitions also have tend to have an advantage over tacit for adverbs and conjunctions, and for verbs which must deal with more than two independent nouns. As a general rule, when you're dealing with more than two nouns in a tacit definition you must go to extra work to pack them into the two nouns supported as dyad arguments. Sometimes this works rather well, but sometimes explicit is more straightforward (and in those cases it tends to perform better better than tacit). -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
