For now I have opted to implement special code for m b.&.(a.&i.) versus character arguments for m b. as the former garners most of the benefits (functionality and efficiency) of the latter for a small fraction of the cost.
----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Hui rhui000 at shaw.ca To: Programming forum <[email protected]> Date: Thu Oct 4 00:45:10 HKT 2007 Subject: [Jprogramming] extension to m b. I propose to extend the bitwise operations m b. for m e. 16+i.19 to work on character (8-bit or 16-bit) arguments. e.g. 'abc' 23 b. '321' srs ] x=:'dazlious','chthonic',:'patriots' dazlious chthonic patriots 22 b./ x whzvonhc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
