[Jprogramming] Adverbial Tacit Jym

[Dan Bron]

Pepe wrote:
> Let us add another twist, courtesy of David Lambert, to the Exercise 1:


All these puzzles are interesting, but ever since you posted the “holy grail”, the “write a tacit adverb to do X” challenges have been reduced (in principle) to “write a tacit verb to do X”, and given you sent me, in something like 2002, a complete implementation of a Turing Machine as a tacit verb, the exercises seem … superfluous.

In other words, it can all be done, because you have done all of it. In a very literal sense.

The upside, however, is I have never read one of your posts and not learned something not only new, but intriguing. If I were given to envy, I might have experienced that, as well. Good thing the only sentiment I feel for my fellow man is admiration ;) 

That said, if Thomas comes through with an interpreter which re-introduces (some of) the F Trains table, new challenges (in terms of brevity and algebraic reduction) will open up to us. If I were given to competitiveness, I might perceive that as a kind of perverse motivation. 

I’m already dusting off my running shoes.

-Dan

* In general, I have been, historically, lax about backups.

In general, I am not bothered, because death is inevitable and possessions are but albatrosses about our necks, but a few losses have made me regret this specific foible. 

All the lost treasures which I was given by the luminaries of J, early in my career, before I was in a position to truly appreciate them, including your Turing Machine, personal correspondence from Ken, private guidance by Henry Rich, a utilities file presented to me by Kirk Iverson, etc, number among these regrets.

Ah well, youth is not known for its gratitude, is it?