If you call a dog's tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Thanks,
-- Raul On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 12:28 PM 'Jim Russell' via Chat <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
