(Resending, guess I was not joined to chat!) Yes, chat for sure; sorry. Thanks. The first result (ok, noun phrases, if you will), was just unexpected; I'll take your word if it was totally expected by all "smart" J'ers. It also raised the (unspoken) question re non-Roman, or even non-alphabetic languages, which your Wikipedia link (thanks again) addressed nicely.
(Were you hit up for a donation also? I typically can't resist; although I never give what they deserve; maybe because they never - I think - gave Ward Cunningham the full credit he deserves.) [And you deserve a lot if credit also: thanks Raul!] > On Dec 9, 2019, at 4:05 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't really understand your questions -- and I'm also not sure how > I feel about calling noun phrases "tacit expressions". > > That said, I think you might be asking about something related to this: > > (16#.15),(16#.35),(10#.35),(1#.35),(0#.35) > 15 35 35 35 35 > > And, possibly, also, this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_order? > > But I'm not sure... that said... depending on where this needs to > go... maybe we should take it to the [email protected] forum? > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > >> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 3:55 PM 'Jim Russell' via General >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Having started to understand tacit expressions, I'll use one to illustrate >> what I found at the bottom of one: >> (16bf;16bz;10bz;1bz;0bz) >> +--+--+--+--+--+ >> |15|35|35|35|35| >> +--+--+--+--+--+ >> Which raises another, why no A thru Z? >> Or a third, originally mentioned by Robert G. Brown: >> Why are so many things arraigned alphabetically, when there is absolutely no >> intrinsic order to the letters of the alphabet? (Is there anything else that >> needs a mumbled child's song to remember?) >> (Speaking of RGB: Having lost touch, I checked Wikipedia; >> Good news-he is listed, >> Bad news -there is a link to his obituary, >> Good news - there is a 404 not found error. >> Anyone have recent news? >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
