It is a bit difficult to put in comments in/on a statement like this 2009/4/28 Raul Miller <[email protected]>
> 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 > -- 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
