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Re:The Array Cast – A podcast about the array programming la... by klibertp on Thursday May 20, 2021 @03:37PM (#27226037)
> I don't think $

You're right, although cycling instead of erroring out was surprising to me. Another verb I had trouble with is roll/deal: https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/query

> it shouldn't be too illogical.

I'm not saying it's illogical. I'm pretty sure there are good reasons behind the design of each word, especially since there are so few. As I mentioned, I suspect it's just a matter of me not getting enough exposure to the various use-cases of many standard words.

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