Thank you Mike, I appreciate the compliment.
I believe that an object with a shape of 0 does present as a blank line.
2 0 $ 4 NB. 2 empty lines
{: 2 0 $ 4 NB. result is shape 0 which is one empty line
0 $ 4
NB. 0 shape presents as one empty (blank) line
Is the concern that you have about the way that I worded it (I am certainly
fallible in this area) or that you did not expect that result? (which if true,
I am happy that the video was able to reveal this)
For the background shapes, I chose to isolate the items since this is the part
of the argument that Tail is selecting. I used a light blue to allow good
contrast to the contents (integers) and to stand out from the black background.
For atoms I have used an outline ring as a way to show that the shape is empty.
For other items the shape of the blue background is the same as the shape of
the item. I am intrigued by the mention of other work that you are doing that
relates to this and I welcome anything that you have learned that may help me
with my approach. Getting the visuals to appear so that they clarify the
explanations has been a big challenge and I would be less than honest if I told
you that I have it all figured out. I am still working on those representations.
Thanks again for your comments and questions.
Cheers, bob
> On Jun 7, 2019, at 5:34 PM, Mike Powell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> Your work is just excellent. I’ll offer two comments:
>
> At 3:46 of the Tail video you say: “which gives us a shape of zero which is a
> blank line”. Not sure about that.
>
> I applaud your use of visual coding. Objects or parts of objects are outlined
> in various ways with various colour fills. I know this is early on but do you
> have a scheme for how you do this? (I ask as it relates to other work I am
> doing which faces similar challenges.)
>
> Great work. Keep going.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>> On Jun 7, 2019, at 10:00, 'robert therriault' via Programming
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I have posted a new video for the Tail Monadic Verb.
>> https://youtu.be/mgUj5d-9Nbo
>>
>> Of note on this one, is the info card that shows up in the upper right at
>> about 23 seconds in. This provides a link to other information, in this case
>> the video on Items. Going forward as other videos are produced this may
>> provide an elegant way to fill in information that any one video may not be
>> able to provide.
>>
>> As always, comments and observations are most welcome.
>>
>> Cheers, bob
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