Sorry, here I have made a mistake. In typing " In fact 零 *is* less used in comparing with 又" I really mean 零 *was* less used in ancient times and is almost always used now.
There's no tense in Chinese so care have to be taken to avoid such mistakes in English for me as a native Chinese speaker. Sorry to Roger and all who read my previous post. emptist wrote: > > Hi, Roger, > > I read the article you pointed to. Thanks. > And in ancient documents the 零 may also be found omitted, and in other > cases 又 was used instead, as in 10035 萬又卅五,where 卅 equals to 三十. In fact 零 > is less used in comparing with 又. > > As to approaches to make learning J easier, I've got a new idea and I'll > keep it a secret. > > Oh, well I'm joking. In fact, the idea is, Asian people use IME for > entering Unicode chars and some IME provide support for customizing and > define user phrases. For example, I type 自行 and in Sougou pinyin I would > be able to get this: > > -------- __@ __@ __@ __@ __~@ > ----- _`\<,_ _`\<,_ _`\<,_ _`\<,_ _`\<,_ > ---- (*)/ (*) (*)/ (*) (*)/ (*) (*)/ (*) (*)/ (*) > > So, the next to do is simple: just define all the primitives and as much > as those idioms and type the name to input the codes. > > It will be interesting and encouraging for learners and even English > speakers can define and use a J specified IME :) > > Now only if someone will do the hard work and make it freely available. > > Thanks. > > Best Regards, > > Empt > > Roger Hui wrote: >> >> A divertissement from >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Number%20in%20Words#Chinese >> >> zh 123456789 >> 一億二千三百四十五萬六千七百八十九 >> >> 2^53x >> 9007199254740992 >> zh 2^53x >> 九千零七兆一千九百九十二億五千四百七十四萬零九百九十二 >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: emptist <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 22:10 >> Subject: Re: [Jchat] Is it possible to use Chinese for variable/function >> names? >> To: [email protected] >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> The first easy thing I thought of was to write a shell script to >>> parse the >>> Chinese code into standard J. But that's not fun :) and I would >>> prefer using >>> primitives instead. >>> >>> >>> Tracy Harms-3 wrote: >>> > >>> > Non-ASCII names may, however, be accomplished by way of a customized >>> > preprocessor. >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Sherlock, >>> Ric<[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> From: emptist >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I wonder if it's supported feature to use two byte chars >>> such as >>> >>> Chinese Chars for varialbe/function names. I have tried >>> typing a >>> >>> few but have got errors. Am I missing something? >>> >> >>> >> No, currently names must be ASCII. There has been previous forum >>> >> discussion about representing J primitives as a single >>> (Unicode) symbols >>> >> if you wish to search for it. >>> >> >>> >> From the Dictionary page "Alphabet and Words": >>> >> http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dict1.htm >>> >> >>> >> "The alphabet is standard ASCII, comprising digits, letters >>> (of the >>> >> English alphabet), the underline (used in names and numbers), ..." >>> >> >>> >> "Names ... begin with a letter and may continue with letters, >>> underlines,>> and digits." >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Is-it-possible-to-use-Chinese-for-variable-function-names--tp25143855s24193p25158827.html Sent from the J Chat mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
