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From: ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L. J. Dickey)
Subject: Re: 'Locatives' in J
Message-ID: <1992Apr3.172325.20335@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <92087.153511HAC041@DJUKFA11.BITNET> <1992Mar30.102215.4967@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1992 17:23:25 GMT
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In article <1992Mar30.102215.4967@watmath.waterloo.edu> I wrote:

>I have wondered about the use of the name "locative".  I guess it may be
>that the use of an underbar helps the reader to "locate" the beginning
>of something in a J name.

I have now read the dictionary (Klein's Etymological) and the
page (18) in An Introduction to J about the word locative.

I was mistaken in what I inferred from the usage of "_" from the
experiments I had done with J, Version 4.1.

Nevertheless, I still _like_ being able to write and use names
with an underbar, as in:

	less_than     =. '' : < 
	List =. integers 8
	3 less_than List

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