(I know you are just doing a prelimnary synopsis, but I have a couple comments.)
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Dan Bron<[email protected]> wrote: > My original question was motivated by interpreting the DoJ as you > have, and noting a discrepancy between that interprepation and > the implementation. That is, you and I both believe the DoJ is > plain, and clearly says that every name, except names of verbs > (and names to the left of copulae), are resolved as they're stacked. > I found an example where this specification was not honored, > and wanted to know why, or what I was missing when reading the DoJ. [1] I am not aware of this example. > Victor and Raul's responses corroborated my own observation that all > names, regardless of nameclass, are resolved when executed, > but not before (in particular, not as they're stacked). Except, of course, that nouns are executed when they are stacked. They need no parameters -- they just need a context where their value is relevant. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
