Dan Bron:
> I was trying to find if you had any objections
> to use of a hook conjunction, which I would 
> agree with, in the context of allowing (f g) x to 
>  be equivalent to f g x

My objection to the hook conjunction is that it's often uglier than the
current bident.  Further, I do not see the value of providing that
equivalence.  Do you have a compelling example?  

Are there any other candidates for the interpretation of 2-train?  Does
anyone have other ideas for the definition of  (f g)  ?  

> I was not asking if you thought the hook conjunction
> would be be superior to the bident hook.

More to the point, I believe it inferior, rather than not-superior.

On the other hand, an example of where I would prefer it just occured to me. 
I mentioned that it might be nicer at the right edge of a long train.  But
it actually might have more value on the left side.  Compare:

   (f0 f1)   f2 f3 f4 f5
   f0 h. f1  f2 f3 f4 f5
  
But, given that the true equivalence of (f g) is  f h. (g) we can't always
escape the parens.

-Dan
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