Sadly, everything will overwhelm a beginner. The only really good resolution I know of involves being the kind of person who will eagerly help beginners who allow help to be given to them.
That said, there's other more specific resolutions for specific cases (but they come in the form of offering what you can, as much as anything else). --- Raul On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 2:40 PM, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Beta <[email protected]> wrote: > sorry for pre-beta, > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/JbyPointAndClick > > looks interesting, but I think to point out one of the founding ideas: > > "Don't write tacit code. It will overwhelm a beginner." > > > if you run, > > dissect '3 : ''(+/ y) % # y'' i.7' > it is far less informative than the tacit version. > > From the sounds of jbypointandclick dissect is prominant in the UI, and may > facilitate one-line-at-a-time programming, or it could have practical > productivity uses. Even if focused on instruction, wouldn't it assist tacit > understanding the most? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
