Ric wrote:
> My advice to all interested is: Don't be afraid to get it wrong, put
> something up!
Ok, I decided to pick a "weirder" primitive, tie (`). I was inspired by a
discussion with Tracy a couple days back. What I
realized is we almost never see ` out of context. That is, its results are
always anonymous, and always immediately fed to another
primitive, with wonderful and mysterious results.
Because of this, ` gives the impression of being wonderful and mysterious, when
in fact it is a humble little conjunction (it's
really just , in disguise). So I thought it would be a fun candidate for
re-documentation:
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/backtick
Now, I embrace the Wiki spirit. Please, edit away. This includes both content
and formatting (I am not married to any format; but
I do like the idea of giving "mnemonics" for the spellings of primitives, to
make them easier to recall and rationalize).
But one thing I would like to ask is that we present a definition both
accessible *and* comprehensive. That is our only option, if
we really want to create a primary reference (so one doesn't have to don't have
to "fall back" onto the official DoJ if he doesn't
want to).
-Dan
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