[Jprogramming] Easy way of testing identity of two verbs?

[Randy MacDonald]

Equal representations imply equal verbs, no? Sometimes that is enough.

Also: is there a reason, beyond taste, for putting the placeholder last?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Hui" <RHui000 at shaw.ca>
To: "Programming forum" <programming at jsoftware.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Easy way of testing identity of two verbs?


> To be precise, the phrase tests for the identity of the
> gerundial (atomic) representations.  Testing whether two
> verbs are identical is not computable.
>
> Otherwise, I can not think of an easier way, although
> I would use a different placeholder, and put it last.
> You may also have to use -:!.0 instead of -: .
>
>    foo=: +&7
>    foo f.`- -: (+&(7+1e_13))`-
> 1
>    foo f.`- -:!.0 (+&(7+1e_13))`-
> 0
>    foo
> +&7
>    +&(7+1e_13)
> +&7.0000000000001004
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "June Kim" <juneaftn at gmail.com>
> To: "Programming forum" <programming at jsoftware.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:13 AM
> Subject: [Jprogramming] Easy way of testing identity of two verbs?
>
> This is how I do it currently.
>
>    u=: >:
>    (]`(u f.)) -: ]`>:
> 1
>    (]`(u f.)) -: ]`<:
> 0
>
> I use ] as a placeholder to use tie. Could you show me easier ways, if
any?
>
>
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