> Van: [email protected] [mailto:programming-
> [email protected]] Namens Skip Cave
>(...) 
> If definitions were written with more redundancy, such as by repeating the
> same definition in another way using different words, the chances of
> erroneous interpretation would be lessened.
> 
> Conciseness is good in an unambiguous language, and not so good in an
> ambiguous one. It would probably help most newcomers to J to have a more
> redundant DoJ and Vocabulary
> 
> I have always felt the Iverson's penchant for conciseness was a huge asset
> for  language design, but a detriment for the documentation.
> 
> Skip Cave


Amen.


R.E. Boss



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