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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Answer to Exercise 27</TITLE></HEAD>
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<TABLE><TR><TD Valign="top"><IMG SRC="../icons/exercise.gif" ALT="??"><TD bgcolor="#FAA89B"><B>ANSWER TO EXERCISE 27</B><TR><TD><TD>
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<PRE>
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Object replicator "replicator"
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  with name "replicator",
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       grammar [;  return 'rc,'; ],
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       orders
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       [;  Give:
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               if (noun in self)
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                   "The replicator serves up a cup of ",
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                   (name) noun, " which you drink eagerly.";
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               "~That is not something I can replicate.~";
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           default: "The replicator is unable to oblige.";
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       ],
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       life
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       [;  Ask, Answer, Tell: "The replicator has no conversation skill.";
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       ],
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  has  talkable;
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Object -&#62; "Earl Grey tea"    with name "earl" "grey" "tea";
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Object -&#62; "Aldebaran brandy" with name "aldebaran" "brandy";
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Object -&#62; "distilled water"  with name "distilled" "water";
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...
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Verb "rc,"    * held      -&#62; Give;
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</PRE>
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The point to note here is that the <TABLE Border><TR><TD><TT>held</TT></TABLE> token means 'held by the
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replicator' here, as the <TT>actor</TT> is the replicator, so this is a neat way of
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getting a 'one of the following phrases' token into the grammar.
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</TABLE>
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<HR>Back to <A HREF="../section16.html#ex27">the exercise in section 16</A><HR>
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<SMALL><I>Mechanically translated to HTML from third edition as revised 16 May 1997. Copyright &#169; Graham Nelson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997: all rights reserved.</I></SMALL></BODY></HTML>