Hey all,
Why are the adverbs in the following stacked by name, rather than value?
a =. /
a / NB. If stacked by value, would expect / /
a/
a a NB. If stacked by value, would expect / /
a a
I see this quote in Section II.E:
Parsing proceeds by moving successive elements
(or their values except in the case of proverbs
and names immediately to the left of a copula)
The specific rule describing adverb trains is spelled out under Section
II.F. I'm not sure this section is relevant, as I suppose
the descriptions of trains are given in the context of the preceding II.E.
Meaning general rules in II.E have been enforced, and
adverbial names should be replaced by value, and the resultant anonymous
adverbs passed to II.F for specific treatment. None the
less, here it is:
Finally, a train of two adverbs produces an adverb, and
(by implication) a train of any number of adverbs also
produces an adverb. For example, /\ is the adverb
"insert scan", and ~/~ is the "commuted table".
which is silent on the issue, anyway.
Can someone explain what I'm missing?
-Dan
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