On 2/14/07, Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> For mathematical functions such as abs, sin, "+", etc., we recently
> discussed this, and if I'm not mistaken, we all agree that the noun form and
> the verb form should be identical: there is no useful functionality attached
> to the difference. So we should have 'abs = nounify('abs) = verbify('abs) =
> ?mabs.
Agreed. The bit about changing '($ m) to '($ |m| |M|) is in the interest
of making a minimal change to nounify. The policy of considering the
noun = verb for some operators is somewhat broader.
Robert