[Jprogramming] Stacking by name

[Jose Mario Quintana]

Good luck with your research Dan.  I, for one, would be surprised, disappointed and very confused if the official meaning, in general, of "proverb" turns out to be "proverb, pro-adverb or pro-conjunction" whether or not it is defined or clearly implied by the DOJ or its related materials (and I would, more than ever, try to stay away from any pro-whatever as much as possible).




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From: Dan Bron <j at bron.us>
To: Programming forum <programming at jsoftware.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:20:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Stacking by name

I wrote: 
>  This quote strengthens my argument:
>    http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dfdot.htm
>    If x is the name of any entity (that is, a pronoun, 
>    proverb, pro-adverb, or pro-conjunction)

>  PS:  Search for "proverb" in each of the following:
> 
>    http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dict2.htm
>    http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/samp03.htm
>    http://www.jsoftware.com/help/release/status.htm


>  See also the passage in  
>  http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dicte.htm  that reads:
>    unassigned name being treated as a verb


Of course, only the DoJ counts as canonical for an implementation of J, but search also for proverb in Ken's "Exploring Math". 

    http://www.jsoftware.com/books/pdf/expmath.pdf
    
he doesn't explicitly say proverbs must be verbs, but from pages 28, 33, and 74, it's pretty clear that's what he intends.

OK, now I should really stop posting my research material piecemeal, and should actually do the research.

-Dan

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