go for it! :) (Feel free to ask for help if you get stuck or want company or whatever.)
((Personally, I don't know the python libraries, and don't know good examples for their application.)) (((Plus, I'm a bit busy on some other stuff.))) Thanks, -- Raul On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Jon Hough <[email protected]> wrote: > J has a lot of very interesting and powerful features for teaching and > learning mathematics. > The best example is the collection of verbd for permutations, found on the > jsoftware site (mainly using A. and C.). > In fact in the 40 or so verbs there, it contains a similar functionality to > parts of Sympy, the python library for symbolic algebra and groups. > It is a shame some of these powerful tools arent promoted more. > I.e. it would be good to have a Sympy-like library, a number theory library, > etc. > I don't know much about biology or machine learning, but it could be a good > idea to "shadow" some python libraries (sympy, numpy, pybrain etc), as in > create J libraries with the exact same functionality, showing off places > where J outshines Python. > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> > Sent: August 27, 2014 1:28 AM > To: "Chat forum" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Jchat] J and education > > J has a number of elements in it which are slanted towards educational > contexts. > > For example, >> and <: despite already supporting 1&+ and -&1. > > For example, p. despite already supporting #. (and more complicated > expressions). > > For example, +/ .* despite APL offering the more concise +.x > > And so on... > > And we have a few really great labs and books. But what we do not have are > extended treatments of topics. There's a lot going on in biology, for > example, and we're not even trying there. We could be doing much better in > physics simulations, graphics rendering, and so on. > > Anyways, we should also keep in mind that on the other side of the fence we > have a lot of teachers struggling with the other side of these same issues. > See, for example: > http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/8/177020-why-the-us-is-not-ready-for-mandatory-cs-education/fulltext > > I often feel that it's like we are not even trying to come up with anything > to offer them. > > But it's so easy to get caught up in other issues, I guess I understand > that. > > But I am not sure that that makes it right. > > 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
