Sorry. I was just overcome by the funny side of this. Brian is right, of course.
On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 21:41, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > Mixing up noun/pronoun merely shows that it is easy to confuse the name > of a thing with the thing itself. The root problem is that if you want > to be precise, you can't say 'x is 5': you must say 'the value of x is > 5'. No one has time for that. > > Henry Rich > > On 4/5/2022 3:34 PM, Ian Clark wrote: > > When Adam named the Animals, he had a totally clean slate. > > He was the last person to enjoy that privilege. > > Those of us who come later have to feel our way round the nomenclature > > that's there already. > > > > But if we're all in the mood for a terminological spring clean, let's do > it > > properly and start at the beginning… > > > > I never understood why I have to call all my variables "nouns". And when > > people say "nouns" meaning "pronouns", surely it proves the point. > > > > On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 19:31, Brian Schott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Ian Clark posted a message saying he has created a stub page > >> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/Debug . Also Raul Miller > >> recently posted regarding another link > >> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/Foreigns . I wonder if it is > >> time to rename NuVoc as Vocabulary? I just never got accustomed to the > name > >> NuVoc and I can't imagine that new users can grok NuVoc, or even > >> Vocabulary. > >> > >> Also, instead of having that list of "Ancillary pages" and some of > >> the other appendages would it be more consistent with some earlier > >> documentation to use the page format of > >> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Plot > >> ? > >> > >> While I'm on this tirade (sorry to all), are we looking for trouble with > >> our recent thoughts about defining the data structure of a "Dictionary" > >> when j has historically used that word differently? > >> > >> By the way, I am really thankful for all the progress being made by the > >> wiki group and do not wish to add to their task. > >> > >> -- > >> (B=) <-----my sig > >> Brian Schott > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
