On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Alan K. Stebbens <[email protected]> wrote: > A test case: it will take J experts a few seconds to parse this > "sentence": > > !@;#$%,^+&*-([.])- > > to realize that it's not a proper J sentence at all, but just random > graphical characters from the keyboard. A J learner would have to > work very hard to figure out that it's just gibberish.
Er... I looked at that for a few seconds and then pasted it into a J session. I got: !@;#$%,^+&*-([.])- |spelling error I think the only disadvantage beginners might have would be an intimidation factor, where they might not have enough confidence to copy and paste the text into a J session. But I think intimidation would be an issue in any language. As for usability and user interface design... these are hard problems and the important concepts are probably best extracted by interacting with a lot of users. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
