> Why should there be any speed up just from assigning the phrase to a noun? > Surely in both cases the same code has to be executed, one will display the > result, one will store the result?
The obvious answer is that the implementation of any operation with results to be stored in a noun may be a candidate for memory optimization. Conversely, an operation whose results are not going to be stored cannot be optimized in quite the same way (e.g., temporary heap memory vs. permanent retained memory). Alan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
