What's wrong with using J as is? Avoid tacit programming if it concerns you. It can easily be avoided. Define a few names to perform some of the operations you are interested in having and to avoid involving tacit programming. And if you have an adventurous student, let him/her dig into the names you have defined and more advanced J facilities including tacit programming.
2009/4/22 Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > I have glanced through your document. > I do not find it easy to read nor easy to understand. > > Using combinations of operations are probably not easy for anyone to > understand as a first task. > > I guess your example on page 2 could be a good starting point but instead > of > doing it combined to brake it down into steps. > > Use individual math operations and translate them into similar J > operations. > > > > 2009/4/22 Don Watson <[email protected]> > > > Blank I have a challenge. > > > > I am interested in using the J system for experiential use in > elementary > > and secondary school Mathematics. It has many advantages, including free > > availability for education. > > > > . However, no one would claim it is easy for teachers to learn J. What I > > have done in this paper is describe a language - called S, for school - > > that > > seems to be closer to Mathematics and needs no tacit programming form. It > > should be easier to lean and more easily parallel mathematical formulae. > > The > > idea is that S be an option sitting on top of the J system. it is > described > > in a paper at: > > > > http://members.shaw.ca/dwawatson/s.doc > > > > The description contains a lot of "why". I found that I learned J more > > easily when I asked "why". I also describe in the same form why tacit > > programming works the way it does. This helped when I tried to outline > > procedures for turning S into J and vice-versa. > > > > The challenge for those who know J a lot better than I do is to more > > accurately describe the procedures needed. It may require restrictions in > > order to work. > > > > I apologize for not using the Wiki. My generation was not brought up > to > > understand instructions. Few things used to have complexity. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Don Watson > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > -- > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > Fugl&Fiskur ehf, > Þerneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum > Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , > t-póst: [email protected] > gsm: +3546985532 > Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > > > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans > > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > | ) | (\_ _/) > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ > `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
