In the APL programming language, some operators can be used both monadically and dyadically.

With these protracted and unclockable events, a moment or date may be given when the goal has certainly not yet been reached, and another when it certainly has ; but it is impossible to come any closer to an exact moment within that period.

Later, during an evening concert, Lomax was discussing a group of former convicts who were chopping wood and hoeing in time to world songs.

fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.