Explicit is an alternative, also. -- Raul
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Jose Mario Quintana <[email protected]> wrote: > "There are always alternatives." I am really curious, can you produce any > arbitrary tacit adverb where neither @. nor `:6 appear in its code? > > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am probably being something horrible, but... I'm kind of baffled by >> the thinking that @. is not necessary because we can use a 532 >> character expression instead. >> >> I mean, ok, sure, technically almost nothing is actually "necessary" >> because there are always alternatives. But, taken to its logical >> limit, computers fall in the same bucket, along with chairs, cars, and >> a variety of other such things which begin with the letter 'c'. >> >> -- >> Raul >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Jose Mario Quintana >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I am glad to see you around here Dan. If you only show around here from >> > time to time, or not ever again, the patrons and instructors can learn a >> > lot from you as your first post shows. By the way, as long as there are >> > patrons and instructors, it is everybody's Jym. >> > >> > Regarding @. ,in the context of this Jym, I also avoid it and, as far >> as I >> > can see, it can always be avoided (even from an orthodox standpoint) >> > because Adv's definition [0] does not rely on it and, in principle at >> > least, any tacit adverb can be expressed as v Adv. I currently use it in >> > one tool, not because it is necessary, but because the context is ideal >> for >> > @. and therefore it is very efficient. >> > >> > [0] [Jprogramming] Tacit Toolkit (was dyadic J) >> > >> http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2015-December/043678.html >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Pepe wrote: >> >> > Instructors (Dan, Thomas et al. are you listening?), >> >> >> >> >> >> I always listen when you speak, Sensei. Though in recently years my >> review >> >> of J Forum traffic has been more sporadic. >> >> >> >> > a1 =:(`{.)(`{:)(@.1 0 2) >> >> >> >> Hey, I never thought of doing a1 in that fashion. Neat approach. >> >> >> >> Personally, I keep @. in reserve, as my heavy artillery, for when my >> >> tactical mind, unsubtle as it is, is unavailable to find a way to route >> my >> >> infantry (primitive adverbs and bound primitive conjunctions) around a >> >> wall, and neither can my light cannon (`:6) pierce it. >> >> >> >> Anyway, to mix metaphors again, for those who are looking for some >> workout >> >> tips to train their tacit muscles (it is unwise to enter Pepe’s Jym >> >> unprepared), here’s a few I offered once, back when I could have been a >> >> contender: >> >> >> >> >> http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2010-November/021172.html < >> >> >> http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2010-November/021172.html> >> >> >> >> -Dan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> 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
