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From:         loc@tmsoft.UUCP (Leigh Clayton)
Subject:      Replies from Roger Hui
Message-ID: <1991Jan11.193324.6634@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM>
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Date:         11 Jan 91 18:28:47 UT

 Roger Hui (Iverson Software) sends the following:

>no. 4834473 filed 15.43.39  fri 11 jan 1991
>from hui
>to   loc
>cc   clapl kei
>ref  4829100 4831228
>
>Replies to recent messages from rrr@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com,
>sam@kalessin.jpl.nasa.gov, and louk@tslwat@watmath.waterloo.edu:
>
>The desire for a "Rosetta Stone" comparing J and APL (and APL2 and
>SAX and ...) words and sentences is understandable, but I should
>point out that J is completely specified in the Dictionary of J,
>a mere 20 pages, and in particular there are actual examples of
>"catenate in the horizontal direction" in the Dictionary (pp. 4 and 5).
>Careful reading of introductory sections of the Dictionary is recommended,
>as they describe language-wide principles and facilities.

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