Re: Re: Function, Command, Operator, Object...etc.
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- Subject: [mg61425] Re: [mg61422] Re: [mg61350] Function, Command, Operator, Object...etc.
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 02:16:04 -0400 (EDT)
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It certainly is. FullForm[x_] Pattern[x,Blank[]] However, there is one thing here that is a bit strange. This: In[14]:= FullForm[_] Out[14]//FullForm= Blank[] has head Blank but is in fact a pattern. But still, it certainly is an expression. There only things that are not expressions are special constructs such as !!filename (show file) and a few others. Andrzej Kozlowski On 18 Oct 2005, at 15:45, Chris Chiasson wrote: > Maybe I am wrong, but pretty much every expression has a head and zero > or more slots. That's it. > > I wonder if a pattern is an expression... > > On 10/16/05, Steven T. Hatton <hattons at globalsymmetry.com> wrote: > >> Section 2.1.2 of The Mathematica Book for 5.2 discusses different >> ways to >> interpret parts of expressions. The examples given are "Function, >> Command, >> Operator, Head and Object type." Do these terms have any meaning >> within >> the Mathematica language, or are these purely conceptual ideas >> intended to >> aid the user in understanding the language? Are these terms given >> formal >> definitions as regards their meaning when used to discuss >> Mathematica? If >> so, where might I find these definitions? >> -- >> "Philosophy is written in this grand book, The Universe. ... But >> the book >> cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the >> language... >> in which it is written. It is written in the language of >> mathematics, ...; >> without which wanders about in a dark labyrinth." The Lion of Gaul >> >> >> > > > -- > Chris Chiasson > http://chrischiasson.com/contact/chris_chiasson > > Andrzej Kozlowski Tokyo, Japan
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- Function, Command, Operator, Object...etc.
- From: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@globalsymmetry.com>
- Re: Function, Command, Operator, Object...etc.
- From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson@gmail.com>
- Function, Command, Operator, Object...etc.