Why can't I call it a niladic noun phrase :-) > On Dec 10, 2019, at 12:23 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, wikipedia is needing money from me, also... > > As for the distinction between a noun phrase and a verb phrase for > tacit programming, consider: > > 1 (verbphrase) 2 > > can work if 1 and 2 are in the domain of the verb phrase. But, > > 1 (nounphrase) 2 > > is a syntax error. > > In related languages, similar syntaxes could do something. In APL2 you > have strand notation. In K, you have implicit array indexing. Both > have their attractions, but neither are J. > > But, anyways - is a program really a program if it can't do anything? > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > >> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 9:29 PM 'Jim Russell' via Chat >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> (Resending, guess I was not joined to chat!) >> >> Yes, chat for sure; sorry. Thanks. >> The first result (ok, noun phrases, if you will), was just unexpected; I'll >> take your word if it was totally expected by all "smart" J'ers. It also >> raised the (unspoken) question re non-Roman, or even non-alphabetic >> languages, which your Wikipedia link (thanks again) addressed nicely. >> >> (Were you hit up for a donation also? I typically can't resist; although I >> never give what they deserve; maybe because they never - I think - gave Ward >> Cunningham the full credit he deserves.) >> >> [And you deserve a lot if credit also: thanks Raul!] >> >>>> On Dec 9, 2019, at 4:05 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I don't really understand your questions -- and I'm also not sure how >>> I feel about calling noun phrases "tacit expressions". >>> >>> That said, I think you might be asking about something related to this: >>> >>> (16#.15),(16#.35),(10#.35),(1#.35),(0#.35) >>> 15 35 35 35 35 >>> >>> And, possibly, also, this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_order? >>> >>> But I'm not sure... that said... depending on where this needs to >>> go... maybe we should take it to the [email protected] forum? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Raul >>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 3:55 PM 'Jim Russell' via General >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Having started to understand tacit expressions, I'll use one to illustrate >>>> what I found at the bottom of one: >>>> (16bf;16bz;10bz;1bz;0bz) >>>> +--+--+--+--+--+ >>>> |15|35|35|35|35| >>>> +--+--+--+--+--+ >>>> Which raises another, why no A thru Z? >>>> Or a third, originally mentioned by Robert G. Brown: >>>> Why are so many things arraigned alphabetically, when there is absolutely >>>> no intrinsic order to the letters of the alphabet? (Is there anything else >>>> that needs a mumbled child's song to remember?) >>>> (Speaking of RGB: Having lost touch, I checked Wikipedia; >>>> Good news-he is listed, >>>> Bad news -there is a link to his obituary, >>>> Good news - there is a 404 not found error. >>>> Anyone have recent news? >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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