On 6/22/07, Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(i. 2 3) , 7
...
x,y appends items of y to items of x after:
1. Reshaping an atomic argument to the shape of the items of the
other,
The items of i. 2 3 are of shape 3. So 7 becomes 3 $ 7 or 7 7 7
Yes.
2. Bringing the arguments to a common rank (of at least 1) by
repeatedly itemizing (,:) any of lower rank, and
I cant figure out what expression is being used on 7 7 7 here... help
needed
,:7 7 7
Note that i.2 3 and ,:7 7 7 are both rank 2 nouns.
3. Bringing them to a common shape by padding with fill elements
in the manner described in Section II B.
Not entirely sure about this either.
Nothing happens here, for this example, because by this point the items
of these derived arguments already have a common shape.
--
Raul
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