Oh, and Brian's suggestion that [[Debug]] adopts the layout of [[Plot]] is an excellent one. On reflection I'm all for it.
[[Plot]] is an exemplary landing page for a potentially untidy feature (as Debug is). On first sight (…or my first sight in a long time) it looks confident and businesslike. It convey the feeling there's a chance of getting on top of the topic. On Wed, 6 Apr 2022 at 09:28, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
