[Jprogramming] Show cause hearing: +"0 will be +

['robert therriault' via Programming]

So +"0 would run the same way as + and +"+ would disable special code?

I think that would work for me, should I need it (and I remember!)

Cheers, bob

> On Jan 23, 2021, at 12:53, Henry Rich <henryhrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> /Cognoscenti/ know that +"0 is slightly different from + and use that fact wisely, to test or bypass special combinations.
> 
> Beginners are unaware of the difference and sometimes get poor performance by needlessly adding a rank.
> 
> Fortunately there is a lot of beginner code out there!  And I think it is time to fix JE so that u"n is exactly u if n is the same as the rank of u.
> 
> To disable special code, write u"u (i. e. make the right operand of " a verb).
> 
> Anybody gotta problem with that?
> 
> Henry Rich
> 
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