[Jprogramming] What is interesting about 27*^.2 ?

[Randy MacDonald]

Hello;

I'm sorry. I'm just ruminating out loud about the non-intuitive effects 
of the dot, which can throw me even after 17 years of J exposure.

We now return you....

Zsbán Ambrus wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Randy MacDonald <ramacd at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>   
>> Hello;
>>
>>  Something interesting happens when the exponent is an actual number:
>>
>>    27*^0.2
>>  32.9779
>>
>>  This suggests:
>>    27 ^ (^. 2)
>>  Which takes me back to the documentation....
>>     
>
> Sorry, but I really don't understand what you mean above.
>
> We talked about the number
>
> T =: 27 * (^. 2)
>
> What does that have to do with any of the above two?
>
> Ambrus
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