Oleg Kobchenko wrote:
> Realizing that "to be" is not the only copulative verb,
> the two "assignment" primitives could be given different names,
> for example:
> =: Is
> =. Seems
"Seems" carries a connotation of possible unreality (that is,
appearance but not necessarily substance). Perhaps "becomes" might be
closer to the intent:
a =. b --> the value of a becomes what the value of b is
Then again, to retain the "is" character of the primitive, perhaps the
"Is" name could be prefixed:
gIs (or gis) --> pronounced "giz" for "global is"
lIs (or lis) --> pronounced "liz" for "local is"
Or another approach might be that "global" conceptually encompasses
more ("plural") than "local":
=: Are
=. Is
FWIW.
Harvey
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