[Jprogramming] self-reference in explicit adverb

[Raul Miller]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Igor Zhuravlov <igor at uic.dvgu.ru> wrote:
> I have the following definition (simplified model):
>
> a=: 1 : 0
> :
>  if. 1 < # y do.
>    x $: (}. y)
>  else.
>    x u y
>  end.
> )
>
> And I got stack error here:
>   7 + a 1 2 3
> |stack error
> |   x    $:(}.y)
>
...
> but it's not desirable (more precisely, I've failed to convert it to tacit
> form). I'd like $: in adverb a to be the verb (+ a) or whatever called. Is it
> possible?

Not the way you have this designed.

$: refers to the largest verb containing it, in the current sentence, and an
explicit definition acts as a barrier to tits actions.

If you must have an pure explicit definition, you can use iteration,
with control words.

-- 
Raul