> That said, I'd keep in mind that the *two* hardest problems in > programming are naming things, garbage collection and off-by-one > errors.
Good one. :-) On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not have any specific details on this issue. > > My impression was that this was a fairly informal process, (though > probably influenced by writeups of other people's work on related > subjects). > > It might be an interesting "treasure hunt" to find formal papers that > use these words, or similar words, to describe similar concepts. > > That said, I'd keep in mind that the two hardest problems in > programming are naming things, garbage collection and off-by-one > errors. > > -- > Raul > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Steven Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > is there a reason why the words "bond", "compose", "atop", "at" and "key" > > were chosen? Is there a naming context, or a natural language example to > > give a sense of how these words came to represent these ideas? > > > > For the most part, I think I understand what these verbs and conjunctions > > do... it's just that I don't have a story behind them in the same way as > I > > might for something like boxing. i.e. > > > > real world places where you immediately apply the inverse of a preceding > > function after doing an operation along the line of boxing (something > that > > I read that Ken asked once). Examples of this: > > > > - open fridge door, get milk, close fridge door > > - surgeon: make incision, do operation, stitch up > > > > following up on some of these words. Here's what I got out of the oed > > earlier: > > > > key: b. intr. Of a plant or animal: to be identified or assigned to a > > particular taxon by the use of a key. Usu. with out. > > > > Any clues appreciated. > > > > thanks, > > -Steven T. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
