Re: [q-lang-users] New 'where' syntax

[John C. <co...@cc...>]

Albert Graef scripsit:

> Well, in fact the manual was originally written at the beginning of the
> 1990s when I wasn't very familiar with the "official" FP jargon. Of
> course it has been overhauled many times since then, but somehow the
> term "qualifier" sticked. Maybe it's time to change it now...

To me, the term "guard" (which I think is due to Dijkstra ultimately)
connotes conditionals but not bindings, so I would prefer to retain
"qualifier" as a term for both bindings and conditionals.

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