Each dish is an object. An array of objects. On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 4:26 AM Bernie Eckhart <[email protected]> wrote:
> OO paradigm models reality best (caveat) in the care and nurturing of a > skilled model maker: > > "Dishes, wash yourselves!" > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 00:29 Don Guinn, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My personal opinion. APL and several follow on languages including J are > > closer to mathematics than other programming languages. The extension to > > arrays was, and still is, makes J and the others more like the way we > > think. We think "wash the dishes". We don't think "pick up a dish and > wash > > it, then repeat until all the dishes are washed." This is the trap in > > traditional programming languages. > > > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 7:57 PM Bernie Eckhart < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, I am new here, and very sceptical about articles and things > > similar > > > to websites like that of the IEEE. > > > > > > Such remind me of a well known book "How to lie with statistics". No > one > > > here is being called a liar by me. > > > > > > For me, it's impossible not to think of sayings like: > > > --if your only tool is a hammer, all of your problems might look like > > nails > > > --a woman more right than her neighbors constitutes a majority of one > > > (Thoreau). > > > > > > The fundamental issue here is what criteria make a language a top > > > programming language? > > > > > > Certainly not number of users. That's like saying Honda's are better > > than > > > Lamborghini's because Lamborghini makes only a few 1000 cars per year. > > > > > > J for me is a convienent calculator but for some people J and APL are > > their > > > Thor's hammer. My reason for joining this forum is to improve over > time > > my > > > understanding of J. > > > > > > Loglan could become the top communications language for directing one's > > > android (robot). > > > > > > Much of the world AFAIK still runs on COBOL. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Bernie > > > > > > P.S.: Thoreau was correct but his statement does not particularly > apply > > to > > > choice of programming languages. > > > > > > On Aug 5, 2018 01:16, "Skip Cave" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I have fun answering math questions on Quora using J. I've answered > > nearly > > > 1500 math questions there, using J code to find the solutions. > > > > > > Skip > > > > > > > > > Skip Cave > > > Cave Consulting LLC > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 11:34 AM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > It's good to see J here at all and up a little - from 47 to 44 - from > > the > > > > last such list I saw. Remember that all of us can help this sort of > > > thing > > > > by being active on popular forums. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:21 PM greg heil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >Their "Top Programming Languages" list is a composite of 12 > > > frequencies > > > > > in various venues. On their widget they include 4 weightings of > those > > > 12 > > > > > values. Each can be edited ... i messed with the "custom" ranking a > > > bit, > > > > > and got a score over 30 ... but i am sure it can be tweaked more, > > > knowing > > > > > the venues J is popular in. > > > > > > > > > > Hint, i upped Hacker News > > > > > > > > > > ~greg > > > > > http://krsnadas.org > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > from: Kenneth Lettow <[email protected]> > > > > > to: [email protected] > > > > > date: 3 August 2018 at 09:57 > > > > > subject: [Jchat] IEEE Top programming languages 2018 > > > > > > > > > > Nice to see J represented. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/the-2018-top-programming-languages > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > > > > > > > Quantitative Consultant > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
