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[Arthur]

Daniel Ajoy wrote:

>On 26 Feb 2006 at 9:04, Arthur wrote:
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>>>>Really_ can any of those tools be used to program tacitly? 
>>>>That is without the need to use variables (with the help of 
>>>>"forks", "hooks" and the like)?
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>>Expressed as someone in touch with esoteric knowledge.
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>>I am guessing it's a Logo thing.
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>>Are you willing to expand?
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>I just wanted to verify the claim that some Python modules
>really incorporate J semantics.
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Perhaps  the problem is I didn't understand that such a claim was being 
made.  I thought it was a reference to access to extensive array 
processing functionality.  I am happily lost in the discussion beyond that.

Function-level, value-level, whatever.

I am the last to claim that Python is easy.

I do claim that it is not effete.  These distinctions, to me, fall into 
the realm of the effete - and are not where  I prefer to spend my time 
or energy.

So I perhaps wasted your time by asking you to expand.

Art