On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Mark Niemiec <[email protected]> wrote: > When we are discussing aspects of J language specifications or > implementations, it is important to use words in the technical sense > that J defines them, rather than in the sense that they are defined by > an English dictionary or other common usage. > > If we use your convention of capitalizing the J versions of terms, then > this thread is all about the confusion between the terms "array" and > "Array". But nobody has mentioned any similar confusion between "noun" > and "Noun", "verb" and "Verb", "adverb" and "Adverb", "integer" and > "Integer" or other English terms that are assigned J-specific meanings.
This is a good point. > Programmers generally don't have a problem understanding the difference > between unlimited "integers" and "Integers" limited by machine hardware > or between mathematical "functions" and defined "Functions". > > J programmers don't have a problem viewing "Agenda" as an "Adverb", even > though they know "agenda" is a "noun". Actually, "Agenda" in J (@.) is a "Conjunction". -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
