I am afraid these examples might be too deep for me. For instance, presumably in your last example there is a leading verb in a fork which is not invoked. If so, which one is that verb?
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Jose Mario Quintana > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do not have to wonder: if there are no teasers; the remaining caps (if > > any) are whistle-blowers. > > What is a whistle blower? > > L.([: [: [: [: [: [: [:)`'' > 7 > > > In my mind there is an important difference: this ambivalence of - is the > > rule rather than the exception for primitive verbs; most of them are > > ambivalent and for good reasons. A teaser cap is the exception to the > > rule, [: is the only verb that is not invoked when is the leading verb > in a > > fork, for no compelling reason (again, from my viewpoint). > > That also depends on the specific instance of a fork. > > L.([ [ [ [ [ [ [)`'' > 7 > > > I am also sympathetic to your point. I did not mean to reignite a > > controversy that has been discussed too many times. I was just pointing > > out some of my reasons to Linda for avoiding [: teasers since she has > > previously expressed her own reasons for avoiding @: . I think one > should > > adopt a style that makes oneself more comfortable and presumably more > > productive: avoiding none, avoiding one but not the other, or even > avoiding > > both. > > Yes, I like this reasoning. > > (I have not bothered quoting your message in full, because it's > available in the archives. If we were really concerned about > preserving context, every email message here would include a canonical > link to its archived version.) > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
