In case of misunderstandings this is the statement I meant !@;#$%,^+&*-([.])-
No comments 2009/4/28 Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > It is a bit difficult to put in comments in/on a statement like this > > 2009/4/28 Raul Miller <[email protected]> > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Alan K. Stebbens >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > A test case: it will take J experts a few seconds to parse this >> > "sentence": >> > >> > !@;#$%,^+&*-([.])- >> > >> > 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 | > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > | ) | (\_ _/) > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ > `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ > -- 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
