> 2 : 'x ; y' is the same as 2 : 'u ; v'  (this is for compatibility
> with antediluvian versions of J).

There were no pre-diluvian nor diluvian versions of
J.  Both eras were pre-Babel and there was only one 
universal language.



----- Original Message -----
From: Henry Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, October 2, 2006 10:17 am
Subject: RE: [Jgeneral] conjunction definition problem- bug.

> I don't understand the problem.
> 
> 2 : 'x ; y' is the same as 2 : 'u ; v'  (this is for compatibility
> with antediluvian versions of J).
> 
> 2 : 'if. n do. x u y end.'  is a mistake because it defines the
> monadic valence.  You meant
> 
> 2 : 0
> :
> if. n do. x u y end.
> )
> 
> u/v always give you the left/right arguments to the
> conjunction itself.  x/y give you the noun arguments to the
> derived verb PROVIDED the conjunction contains the word
> u/v/m/n somewhere.


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