On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:05 AM, Raul Miller<[email protected]> wrote: > ... > > "...functional or tacit programming that requires no explicit > mention of the arguments of a function (program) being > defined, and the use of assignment to assign names to > functions..." > > The dictionary also mentions that 13 : may be used to create > tacit verbs. > > (Essays can provide very good and useful material but usually > the dictionary will trump them.) >
Raul, I don't think we can lean very heavily on the portion that says "the use of assignment to assign names to functions" because assignment is also used to assign names to explicitly-specified functions. The role of : (Explicit Definition) seems far more important. Tracy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
