> The "(a,a=. ...)" expression reminded me of an upgrade we once did to a
> Sharp APL mainframe system where one of the points of interest was how the
> upgrade handled what they called "pornographic assignment". I don't
> remember the exact example they used but this reminds me of that. I made
a
That reminded me of an APL expression which can be paraphrased as,
". A=. '".>(Y>0){''1'';''(>:Y) * ".A [ Y=. <:Y''' [ Y=. 6
720
Where did this "obscenity" appeared? In one of the "sacred texts..."
Gilman and Rose's APL: An Interactive Approach
(If my memory is not betraying me.)
;)
On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 3:57 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The "(a,a=. ...)" expression reminded me of an upgrade we once did to a
> Sharp APL mainframe system where one of the points of interest was how the
> upgrade handled what they called "pornographic assignment". I don't
> remember the exact example they used but this reminds me of that. I made
a
> vain attempt to look up this phrase but, of course, it was so long ago,
and
> so niche, there is no hope of pulling up a relevant result; not to mention
> the numerous domain errors such a phrase hits.
>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 2:59 PM Jose Mario Quintana <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > To break the rules deliberately one must first know where to swing!
> >
> > Certainly...
> >
> > "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist."
> >
> > Picasso
> >
> > Did he know of what he spoke? His father, a painter and a teacher,
> > reportedly overwhelmed gave his own palette, brushes, and colors to his
> > thirteen-year-old son stating that he will never paint again. This,
> >
> > https://www.pablo-ruiz-picasso.net/work-9.php
> >
> > illustrates what he knew when he was fifteen years old.
> >
> > Back to the subject of tacit assignment, how can one faithfully (to some
> > extent) reproduce the behavior of the explicit verb 3 : 'a,a=:?@#y'
> > (e.g,
> >
> > 3 : 'a,a=:?@#y' '01234'
> > 4 4
> > a
> > 4
> >
> > ) tacitly? (Yes, using a global assignment as opposed to the original
> > local assignment, to make things more interesting.)
> >
> > Right, producing named entities seems to be against the spirit of tacit
> > writing. In addition, a copula is neither a noun, verb, adverb nor
> > conjunction. Nevertheless, one can simply ignore those minor details
and
> > go ahead anyway,
> >
> > (('a'"_) ,&:". 'a=: ' , ":@:?@#) '01234'
> > 3 3
> > a
> > 3
> >
> > (('a'"_) ,&:". 'a=: ' , ":@:?@#) ''
> > 0.732158184 0.732158184
> > a
> > 0.732158184
> >
> > Perhaps surprisingly, a more challenging puzzle is to reproduce the
> > behavior of,
> >
> > 4 :'(x)=:y'
> >
> > tacitly.
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 8:53 PM Louis de Forcrand <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > To follow up on all this, while I am a member of the generation which
> > might write off "lie", I find that correct grammar and spelling are
> > qualities necessary (although certainly not sufficient) for writing
clearly
> > and with good style, and in learning the former one inevitably improves
on
> > the latter.
> > >
> > > To break the rules deliberately one must first know where to swing!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Louis
> > >
> > > > On 21 Nov 2019, at 18:21, Jose Mario Quintana <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully,
deliberately
> > and
> > > > well."
> > > >
> > > > Bringhurst, Robert (2005). The Elements of Typographic Style
> > > >
> > > > PS. I try to keep that in mind when writing (particularly in J).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:26 AM R.E. Boss <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> AMEN.
> > > >>
> > > >> When you try to uphold the rules of a language (which is done only
by
> > > >> older people), you are fighting a lost battle.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> R.E. Boss
> > > >>>>
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>
>
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>
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>
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