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2010/2/9 Björn Helgason <[email protected]>: > =: gets > =. borows > > > 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 | > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > | ) | (\_ _/) > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ > `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ > -- 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
