On the employment issue: I use J every day in my job but no one hired me because of it. I use it to help me think about problems, do data munging and analysis, and for mundane day-to-day tasks where I would use perl or a shell scripting language if I didn't have J.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think the essay is fairly technical in nature and requires a fairly > steep > > baseline of knowledge. I agree that it might be helpful to identify the > > audience up front. Maybe even have a "Why J?" for different types of > > audiences > > > > In terms of wiki structure, perhaps urls with Essays/WhyJ/AudienceType > might work. > > That said, I am limited in my own vision (which is spread a bit thin right > now). > > If anyone wants to propose their own draft and/or piggy back their vision > on mine (or even replace mine - I have no problem taking a back seat), > please feel free. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
