Which one ( L.([ [ [ [ [ [ [)`'' ) ? On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> [ > > -- > Raul > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Jose Mario Quintana > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
