Re: [Jprogramming] Why is @ called "atop" rather than "of"

[Brian Schott]

Piet,
I cannot answer your question, but I do not like "atop" either.
To me the rewording would be as follows, though: (your line first, my line
second) notice the missing "of".
'It seems more natural to say (u@v  y)  is  "u of v of y” rather than 'u
atop v of y.”'
'It seems more natural to say (u@v  y)  is  "u of v    y” rather than 'u
atop v of y.”'
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