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Here, we are defining verbs inline and immediately evaluating them (by providing an argument (which is ignored because it is not referenced)). |
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The use of an unbalanced right parenthesis as an escape character was inherited from APL. The double curly brace mechanism was a compromise between J's existing use of curly braces and visual conventions used in a variety of other languages. |
The use of an unbalanced right parenthesis as an escape character was inherited from APL. The double curly brace mechanism was a compromise between J's existing use of curly braces and visual conventions used in a variety of other languages. |