What's an example of notation that might help concurrent computing? In k, there's peach (parallel each) which seems to be adequate.
On Friday, February 21, 2014, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > J is currently an excellent tool for developing those skills, but if any of > us have implemented J as a notation for homogeneous computations on > computing clusters, I've not heard about it. > > And that's a shame. We have a lot we could offer people but we need to > clean up our act if we are going to succeed there. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:13 AM, robert therriault > <[email protected] <javascript:;>>wrote: > > > Nice work Raul, > > > > I agree with Joe that it is key that the audience be identified, the next > > step beyond that is finding a way to get the production in front of that > > audience...gasp...marketing. > > > > For now the best suggestion I have is to move your author's note to the > > top and make it an abstract. I think it sets the tone and the motivation > > for the reader really well. > > > > On the employment issue, I think that people with skills in big data are > > in demand ... and that J is an excellent tool to develop and execute > those > > skills. > > > > Cheers, bob > > > > On Feb 20, 2014, at 7:41 AM, Raul Miller > > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Joe Bogner > > > <[email protected]<javascript:;> > > > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
