On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > 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": >> >> !@;#$%,^+&*-([.])- >> >> to realize that it's not a proper J sentence at all, but just random >> graphical characters from the keyboard. A J learner would have to >> work very hard to figure out that it's just gibberish.
Arthur said in the interview that he rarely puts more than 7(magic number) operations in one line. If you follow that rule of thumb the resultant sentences would be far easier to read. I also think that is a good rule to follow. We always need some good style to keep the code readable. You can make obfuscated codes in any language. > > Er... I looked at that for a few seconds and then pasted it into > a J session. I got: > > !@;#$%,^+&*-([.])- > |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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
