[Jprogramming] Abusing adverbs

[Björn Helgason]

   months=: adverb def 'm'
  years=: adverb def 'm*12'
  2 years + 3 months
27
   9!:14''
j601/beta/2006-02-27/10:25
   9!:12''
5


2006/4/2, Markus Schmidt-Groettrup <schmidt-groettrup at nord-com.net>:
>
> Hello,
>
> June Kim schrieb:
> > Hello.
> >
> >    months=: adverb def 'm'
> >    years=: adverb def 'm*12'
> >
> >    2 years + 3 months
> > 27
> >
> >
>
> interesting, but what does happen ? I tried to find out but failed.
> When I issue those 3 commands, I get as expected
>
>    months=: adverb def 'm'
>    years=: adverb def 'm*12'
>    2 years + 3 months
> |value error: m
> |       m*12
>
> Thanks for enlightment !
> Markus
> > I know there is #. for this kind of calculation but just wanted
> > experiment this idea of changing the word order.
> >
> > Could it cause some problems in other cases, ie. could there be
> > problems if the result of applying an adverb returns something other
> > than a verb?
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