On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Steven Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> 4 train ::iFailed i.4
>
> it took me a while to see the significance of "do bind" in iFailed. I see
> the need now, but not yet fully.
>
> Do: Okay. No problem.
>
> Bind: it's a conjunction. Rightmost y is a verb of infinite rank.
>
> Is Bind
>
> 2: 'x@(y"_)'
>
> similar to
>
> @:
do@('fail=:1'"_)
Here 'fail=:1'"_ is a constant function which always returns the
result 'fail=:1'
An equivalent mechanism would be:
iFailed=: 3 :0
fail=:1
:
fail=:1
)
But why specify the expression twice when all I really want to do is
ignore the argument(s)?
--
Raul
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