p: can give you many primes
p: 5 66
13 331
2007/10/8, Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Re: http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dpco.htm
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> We see the informal name of p: is "Primes"
>
> My reaction to this is:
>
> 1 - p: takes a single datum (it is rank-0) and returns a single datum
> (the nth prime, where n is the input datum). It is highly singular in
> both input and output. Why it is called "primes" therefore escapes me.
>
> 2 - Suggested rename: Nthprime
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