Ithink that the proposed charset.ijs looks pretty good, (from the
redbook) except I would shorten the following names:
35 # numbersign -> number or numsign,
38 & ampersand -> amp,
39 ' quotesingle -> quotsing,
42 * asterisk -> star,
46 . period -> dot,
94 ^ asciicircum -> hat,
95 _ underscore -> under,
126 ~ asciitilde -> tilde.
Skip Cave
bill lam wrote:
> ĵaŭ, 11 Feb 2010, Robert P. Rumble skribis:
>
>> I suggest that you keep using the long-standing J names for the functions,
>> and reserve the Red Book (or other standard list) of names for the
>> graphemes.
>>
>> Thus, the vocabulary is a list of primitive functions with names like
>> negate, floor etc. that are invoked by typing graphemes with names like
>> hyphen.
>>
>>
>
> Both systems are sane that why there is discussion. I can think of 2
> reasons por glyph name,
>
> 1. the english name for primaries inside DOJ are themselves informal.
> the following is quoted from DOJ - vocabulary
>
> /quote ----------------------------------------------------
>
> E) Words possess considerable structure, as in +: and -: and *: and %: for
> double, halve, square, and square
> root. Moreover, a beginner can assign and use mnemonic names appropriate
> to any native language, as in sqrt
> =:%: and entier=:<. (French name) and sin=:1&o. and SIN=:1&o.@(%&1...@o.)
> (for sine in degrees).
>
>
> We will hereafter introduce and use new primitives with little or no
> discussion, assuming that the reader will
> experiment with them on the computer, consult the dictionary to determine
> their meanings, or perhaps infer
> their meanings from their structure. For example, the appearance of the word
> o. suggests a circle; it was used
> dyadically above to define the sine (one of the circular functions), and
> monadically for the function pi times,
> that is, the circumference of a circle when applied to its diameter.
>
> For precise oral communication it may be best to use the names (or
> abbreviations) of the symbols themselves, as
> in:
>
>
> < Left a (ngle) / Slash & Amp
> (ersand) % Per (cent)
> [ Left b (racket) \ Back (slash) @ At
> ; Semi (colon)
> { Left c (urly bracket) | Stile ^ Caret
> ~ Tilde
> ( Left p (arenthesis) _ (Under) Bar ` Grave
> * Star
>
> quote/ ----------------------------------------------------
>
> 2. Very beginners cannot associate function name to the symbol they
> saw, eg, know not >. being ceiling, or else they do not have the
> need to consult a dictionary.
>
> I got a japanese-chinese dictionary (a book printed on paper), that
> arrange words in the order of pronunciation in japanese. Since the
> pronunciation of the same hanzi is completely different between
> chinese and japanese, that dictionary is useless to me and I regretted
> to have it bought.
>
>
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