I gather that Henry's definition of 'antediluvian' might be referring to J
prior to the 'new' version numbering system, which now stands at around 6.
Roger's definition, while perhaps valid in some context, doesn't do much to
further discussion.
(still missing x. y. et al...)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Hui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General forum" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] conjunction definition problem- bug.
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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