Pepe wrote: > Let us add another twist, courtesy of David Lambert, to the Exercise 1:
All these puzzles are interesting, but ever since you posted the “holy grail”, the “write a tacit adverb to do X” challenges have been reduced (in principle) to “write a tacit verb to do X”, and given you sent me, in something like 2002, a complete implementation of a Turing Machine as a tacit verb, the exercises seem … superfluous. In other words, it can all be done, because you have done all of it. In a very literal sense. The upside, however, is I have never read one of your posts and not learned something not only new, but intriguing. If I were given to envy, I might have experienced that, as well. Good thing the only sentiment I feel for my fellow man is admiration ;) That said, if Thomas comes through with an interpreter which re-introduces (some of) the F Trains table, new challenges (in terms of brevity and algebraic reduction) will open up to us. If I were given to competitiveness, I might perceive that as a kind of perverse motivation. I’m already dusting off my running shoes. -Dan * In general, I have been, historically, lax about backups. In general, I am not bothered, because death is inevitable and possessions are but albatrosses about our necks, but a few losses have made me regret this specific foible. All the lost treasures which I was given by the luminaries of J, early in my career, before I was in a position to truly appreciate them, including your Turing Machine, personal correspondence from Ken, private guidance by Henry Rich, a utilities file presented to me by Kirk Iverson, etc, number among these regrets. Ah well, youth is not known for its gratitude, is it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
