Yes, wikipedia is needing money from me, also... As for the distinction between a noun phrase and a verb phrase for tacit programming, consider:
1 (verbphrase) 2 can work if 1 and 2 are in the domain of the verb phrase. But, 1 (nounphrase) 2 is a syntax error. In related languages, similar syntaxes could do something. In APL2 you have strand notation. In K, you have implicit array indexing. Both have their attractions, but neither are J. But, anyways - is a program really a program if it can't do anything? Thanks, -- Raul On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 9:29 PM 'Jim Russell' via Chat <[email protected]> wrote: > > (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
