> -----Original Message----- > From: Programming [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Roger Hui > Sent: maandag 18 januari 2016 20:36 > To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Definition: Frame of an argument > > Among old timers, "frame" has an historical ambiguity. (...) > To document > the latter, Dyalog resurrected "outer shape". Dyalog also resurrected > "major cell" because "item" already has an entrenched different meaning in > the APL2 family.
I always loved the analogy between "atom" and "item", short for the minimal and maximal (non-trivial) cell. R.E. Boss ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
