Henry wrote:
> u&.v y ↔ vi u v y
>
> is wrong
Raul responded:
> I would replace 'wrong' with 'incomplete'.
> I think that 'wrong' conveys the wrong idea.
I agree with Raul. But rather than "incomplete", I would say the phrase is
"taken out of context", as in "that quote is taken out of context".
Just as when a politician smears his opponent by cherry-picking a quote which
looks wicked in isolation, so here isolation has distorted the meaning of "u&.v
y ↔ vi u v y". The author intended for that phrase to be considered in the
full context of the vocabulary page where it's given.
Analogously, saying the DoJ is "wrong" when it states "u&.v y ↔ vi u v y" is
like saying the DoJ is "wrong" when it states "I. y ↔ (# i.@#) y" because you
tried y=.1 : 'u b. 0' and the results weren't the same (because you ignored
the convention that y is a noun).
Breaking assumptions breaks code.
-Dan
PS: Dennis Miller once joked that if he ever reviewed a movie like this:
Whoever made this movie should be put in a gas chamber!"
the subsequent movie ads would read:
"... a gas!" - Dennis Miller
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