I believe this response begs (or denies) the question. I will try to post a fuller explanation later.
-Dan Excuse typos; this message was composed on a phone. -----Original Message----- From: Raul Miller <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:42:12 To: Programming forum<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Stacking by name On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Dan Bron<[email protected]> wrote: > Does the Dictionary predict this behavior (not resolving names > until they're executed), and if so, where? http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dicte.htm Parsing proceeds by moving successive elements (or their values except in the case of proverbs and names immediately to the left of a copula) from the tail end of a queue (initially the original sentence prefixed by a marker ยง) to the top of a stack (initially four markers), and eventually executing some eligible portion of the stack and replacing it by the result of the execution. Also note that the dictionary identifies two kinds of names: pronouns and proverbs. Apparently, the term "proverb" also includes named adverbs and conjunctions. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
