I On Jul 21, 2013 8:27 AM, "I.T. Daniher" <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can definitely build similar aliases in J - simply writing 'add =: +' > will get you so far, but the right to left execution order confounds > attempts to make truely human readable sentences, where left-to-right > order is used. >
Like Raul, I disagree. I have become fluent enough in J that I naturally read unfamiliar sentences from left to right, except for the glance to the far right that may be needed to qualify whether the sentence as a whole is a noun or a verb. Such reading favors general comprehension early on, with details filled in as the sentence is completed. As a transition measure, when I've needed to read J sentences from right to left I have, once I understood the sentence, then read it from left to right. Repeated reading of a sentence with various scanning patterns builds literacy, I've found. Another example is reading forks from inside, out, as well as from the outside, in. As time goes on you may become less aware of, or concerned with, the order in which you read. At least, that's been my experience. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
