[Jprogramming] @: and capped fork

[Ian Clark]

Thanks for alerting me to this possibility, Bob.

Fortunately it seems, in the situation it's arising in, I can be
confident the tacit code coming to my utility is fully-parenthesised.
Or at least, appropriately parenthesised.

Viz (+:@:+)/ as opposed to: +:@:(+/)


On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:00 PM, bob therriault <bobtherriault at mac.com> wrote:
> HI Ian,
>
> If your v includes an adverb such as / the long left reach of conjunctions could get you into trouble. That would be part of the parsing rules for verbs vs conjunctions.
>
> (+:@:+/) 3 4 5
> 42
>    ([:+:+/) 3 4 5
> 24
>
> Cheers, bob
>
> On 2012-11-29, at 8:49 AM, Ian Clark wrote:
>
>> Department of Sudden Doubts...
>>
>> If u and v are verbs, do (u@:v) and ([: u v) really behave the same
>> under all circumstances?
>>
>> If so, where would I go to find this fact written up?
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