Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!caip!princeton!allegra!alice!ark From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) Newsgroups: net.lang.apl Subject: Re: APL structure Message-ID: <5581@alice.uUCp> Date: Tue, 3-Jun-86 10:37:07 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.5581 Posted: Tue Jun 3 10:37:07 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 5-Jun-86 07:04:53 EDT References: <408@water.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 8 > For the second form, there are two possibilities, depending on the value of > the condition. If "cond" is true, the value of the result > is the value of "expr_f". Otherwise it is the value of "expr_f". Incidentally, I've never seen a clear definition of the meaning of "true" in this context. When I implemented a direct definition function, I decided that "true" meant "has no zero elements." This means that the null vector is "true."