Actually it would be invoked no times as the expression results in a verb waiting for a noun argument.
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:44 AM, mijj <[email protected]> wrote: > how many times would the verb [v] be invoked in the following: > > v^:(1 2) > > would it be: > once for the [1], and then twice for the [2]. > = 3 in total > or: > the interpreter checks the numbers for [^:] and works to > minimise number of invocations, so makes use of previous results. > so its once for the [1] and an additional one for the [2] > = 2 in total. > (if that's the case, then would it still be so if the expression > was [v^:(2 1)] ?) > ? > > i feel it's probably the first, but hope it's the second. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
