Ah, I see. I thought to mention just in case the typical programmer domain vocabulary could be avoided or replaced with more J-like terms, which seems to intentionally have chosen simpler, more recognizable terms. I presumed you were familiar with some of the existing material but I find it useful to refresh my memory on what's out there when starting something new.
I'm curious, are you writing a "first-contact" text for J? I have read through several Introduction to J type blog posts or essays over the years that I can pass along if you're interested. There may be something to lift or compare to style-wise. On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, Joe, I want "common programmer terms" for "platform, program, etc", > i.e. terms common to all programmers, not just J-ers. > > Especially not J-ers! > > I tried looking up some of these terms in the Oxford Dictionary of English > (courtesy Apple) and I'm impressed. It seems it has authoritative but > straightforward meanings under the subheading "Computing" for all I've > tried > . > > But I'm still hoping to hear what ISO standard people on this list use, or > some standards body. I'm taking the baffled silence to mean that nobody has > ever used such a list. The fabled precision of IT professionals doesn't > extend to terminology, it seems. > > Such lists exist. I've seen them – though only in German, and that was > decades ago. Documenters need them for the purpose of translating manuals. > Though maybe the whole thing is still woolly, like it was in my day. An > Arab once told me he always used the English manual because he couldn't > make head or tail of the Arabic one. > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I went back and looked at some of the existing material > > > > This seems to be a good list of definitions with examples: > > http://www.jsoftware.com/help/primer/contents.htm > > > > This text seems devoid of too many terms: > > http://www.jsoftware.com/books/pdf/easyj.pdf > > > > Of course, I'm not reading these with "beginner eyes" so both may still > > need to be unpacked more > > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 7:28 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It's absurdly difficult to write a good "first-contact" text for J > > without > > > reference to a single accepted source of definitions like: platform, > > > program, app, script, variable, constant, function, array, string, > > > character, number … > > > > > > Is there an ISO standard for common programmer terms (in English)? > > > > > > If the answer is: legion (…my first impression) – then is there one > that > > > stands out for you? > > > > > > I have an operational need for a weblink to a good clear published free > > > authoritative text. To avoid cluttering this thread, please don't offer > > > your own definitions of the above terms here (although of course I'd be > > > frightfully interested to hear them one day.) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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
