In the original 'eqn' Users Guide, the word 'thing' is used to refer, I
believe, to any sequence of characters that does not include a separator
(blank, newline, '~', '^', '{' or '}' ) or punctuation or mathematical
symbol. It can also mean a sequence of characters that incorrectly does
not include these, e.g.
(x sup 2)
The 2) is NOT a thing. It is two separate things where there is a missing
seperator because of a user error.
How should I define 'thing' before I start talking about it?
Brian got away without defining a 'thing' back in the 70s. There were 18
uses of thing, or which 11 were the strict thing.
I definitely do not have the moral authority to do the same in 2023 in my
revamp. I have 17 mentions of thing - all 17 are strict. I deliberately
made sure I used other phrases to avoid the word thing. For example, I say
"this is more complicated" instead of say "things are more complicated".
But I am still missing that definition.
Suggestions - Damian
