The last couple of days I've seen Bron at his best. I'm glad he is still with us when needed.
R.E. Boss > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Dan Bron > Verzonden: zaterdag 28 juli 2012 2:19 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] cap > > Raul wrote: > > Anyways, the definition which is relevant when cap is the left tine of > > a fork is a passive definition, and not an imperative definition. And > > making this distinction -- that it's being used passively -- seems > > worthwhile. > > I responded: > > There are several issues with this interpretation. The foremost > > is that [: is _not being used at all_ . Not imperatively, > > not passively, not as quoted code, just - not. [1] > > Let me try to capture in brief what I have just said at length: > > [: conveys as much information in a > capped fork as & does in &.: > > To wit: none at all. It's just part of the spelling. Characters that let > the interpreter recognize a pattern, and assign a meaning to the whole. > > It is the whole that carries meaning, not the symbolic fragments. > > -Dan > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
