[Jprogramming] Repeated application of a verb

[Raul Miller]

2011/10/8 Björn Helgason <gosinn at gmail.com>:
>   (- ^: (trigger */@:-. at e.~ ])^:_ ) 2 3 5 7
> 2 3 5 7
>   (- ^: (trigger */@:-. at e.~ ])^:_ ) 33
>
> goes into a seemingly endless loop

Of course.

The sequence generated looks like this:'

33
_33
33
_33
33
_33
...

(with each subsequent value on a different line.)

The loop terminates when the result list contains (presumably) a 2 or a 5.

How long do imagine it will need to run, before a 2 or a 5 is generated?

-- 
Raul