On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:19 PM, William Tanksley, Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> A qualified rephrasing of the dictionary definition, which I believe >> would be accurate would be: >> $: denotes the longest verb that contains it at the time when the >> verb is first used. >> Of course, this delegates the issue to the concept of "first used" but >> that can be broken down fairly simply: > > Does "first used" mean "first assignment or display"?
Both of those seem like uses. Wouldn't you think so? But the definition of $: does not really matter for display, and "first assignment" was already covered by my breakdown of what first use would mean: >> 1. When the verb is presented with a noun argument or arguments, or >> 2. When the verb is given a name. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
