Agreed.
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Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Replace one item of a list
From: Jose Mario Quintana <jose.mario.quint...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:05:26 -0400
To: Programming forum <programm...@jsoftware.com>
I copied the wrong text from the Dictionary; it should have been:
"
u/y applies the dyad u between the items of y
"
Incidentally, as Thomas proposed, if it cannot insert the verb, then
issuing an error could not have been a valid alternative as well?
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Jose Mario Quintana <
jose.mario.quint...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My only guess is:
> "m/y inserts successive verbs from the gerund m between items of y"
>
> So, if there is no "between items of y" inserts nothing and y remains
> unchanged; but, it seems to me that the Dictionary could be more assertive
> in this instance.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Dan Bron <j...@bron.us> wrote:
>
>> Pepe wrote:
>> > My only question is: Does the Dictionary support this behavior?
>>
>> > Raul responded:
>> > Yes, it does.
>>
>> I replied:
>> > I am intrigued. Can you elaborate?
>>
>> Thomas followed-up:
>> > I assumed that by not mentioning it, the implementation
>> > is free to do what it chooses. It could be anything!
>>
>> That's what I think too. The behavior is, in the strictest literal sense,
>> undefined. But Raul differs. I'm interested in his rationale (which,
>> historically, has been both solid and instructive).
>>
>> -Dan
>>
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