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2010/2/9 PackRat <[email protected]>: > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 sími: +3544781286 http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
