Perhaps this is taking the comparison of J's grammar to English grammar too literally?
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 3:04 AM, km <[email protected]> wrote: > Correction, the character '(' is a noun and o here is a pronoun. It's > hard to say things correctly! > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:56 AM, km <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No, it says o is a noun. The value of o is the character '(' . > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:24 AM, "Linda Alvord" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Thanks your sources are helpful. > >> > >> Here's another weird one. Grammar says that parentheses are > punctuation. > >> > >> > >> o=:(+) > >> o > >> + > >> nc <'o' > >> 3 > >> o=:() > >> |syntax error > >> | o=:() > >> o=:( > >> |syntax error > >> | o=:( > >> > >> o=:'(' > >> o > >> ( > >> nc <'o' > >> 0 > >> > >> Does this say ( is a noun? > >> > >> Linda > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of km > >> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 4:07 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] A tale of two nouns > >> > >> Linda, > >> > >> f =: '=:' NB. f is a string of two characters > >> $f > >> 2 > >> > >> Your g appears to be a string of three characters. > >> > >> About your sentence attempting to define i check for a space between > = > >> and : > >> > >> Finally, about =: please see Appendix E. Parts of Speech: > >> > >> http://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help701/dictionary/partsofspeech.htm > >> > >> There you will see =: is not a "verb" in the J sense of that term. > Also > >> see II. Grammar > >> > >> http://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help701/dictionary/dict2.htm > >> > >> where =: is identified as a sixth "part of speech" Copula. > >> > >> Kip > >> > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > >> > >> On Feb 9, 2013, at 2:24 AM, "Linda Alvord" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> f =: '=:' > >>> > >>> nc <'f' > >>> > >>> 0 > >>> > >>> g =: '= :' > >>> > >>> nc <'g' > >>> > >>> 0 > >>> > >>> h =: *: > >>> > >>> h 7 11 > >>> > >>> 49 121 > >>> > >>> i = : *: > >>> > >>> i = :*: > >>> > >>> i 7 11 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> i 7 11 > >>> > >>> |value error: i > >>> | i 7 11 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> f and g are both nouns, but they aren't the same noun. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Is f really a noun? If "is" is a verb, isn't "=:" a verb? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Linda > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
