Still, what do you have in your personal book for writing J?  Kip

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On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:46 PM, km <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oops, what Raul said was
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> Also, the important qualities are 1) reversibility and 2) compressibility.
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> Kip
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> On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:42 PM, km <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Strunk and White begin "The Elements of Style" with "Elementary Rules of 
>> Usage", for example using
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>> It's a wise dog that scratches its own fleas
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>> to illustrate the difference between it's and its.
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>> In J we could use
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>>   +: - -: 12
>> _12
>>   (+: - -:) 12
>> 18
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>> to illustrate the difference between  f g h y  and  (f g h) y  .
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>> Strunk and White next take up "Principles of Composition", one of which is 
>> "Omit needless words."
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>> Raul recently mentioned simplicity and reversibility.  What do you have in 
>> your personal book for writing J?
>> 
>> Kip Murray
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