Timeline for Collatz Conjecture (OEIS A006577)

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Jun 17, 2020 at 9:04	history	edited	Community Bot		Commonmark migration
Jan 10, 2018 at 14:29	comment	added	miles		More years later... `<:#a:2&(<\|+\|6&%~)` 19 bytes (-11)
Apr 13, 2017 at 12:39	history	edited	Community Bot		replaced http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/ with https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/
Jan 26, 2015 at 13:44	comment	added	randomra		Years later... Improved loop block: '-&2#(>&1-:+2&\|+:+>:@-:)^:a:' -> -1 char. :P
Aug 1, 2013 at 15:10	comment	added	John Dvorak		@primo nice; want their explanation? :-) `<:` means "decrement" or "less or equal", `#` means "count of" or "n times", `-:` means "halve" or "epsilon-equality", :`( mean in turn the end of said "halve", the tie between two verbs in a gerund and a left parenthesis (used for grouping). `&*)` means "sth. bonded to the multiplication" (3 bonded with multiplication creates the "times three" operator) and the end of grouping. `=` performs equality checking or, in the unary sense, self-classification. `^:` is the power conjunction (verb iteration). Since a lot of J verbs end with a colon, ... :-)
Aug 1, 2013 at 14:58	comment	added	primo		Whenever I see a J submission, I count the smilies. This one does pretty well: `<:`, `#-:`, :`(, `&*)`, `=)`, `)^:`.
Aug 1, 2013 at 14:29	history	answered	John Dvorak	CC BY-SA 3.0