Blank From the nature of the discussion in this forum, it is clear that
this is a community that is academic in nature. J is providing an excellent
service to its needs. There is nothing wrong with the J community making a
decision that it should remain academic.
Towards an alternative furure path:
1) I perceive an opportunity for J to help the rest of the community,
particularly school teachers presenting Mathematics.
2) As an elder of the community, I have a responsibility to look towards
the future for our children and youth.
3) I have made my case for making J more approachable and there is no
point in repeating myself.
4) The first step in that process is the implementation of a facility
that is simple to use and also fits the requirements for tacit j: "In a
tacit definition the arguments are not named and do not appear explicitly in
the definition. The arguments are referred to implicitly by the syntactic
requirements of the definition."
5) This could have a different name. The more basic users could follow
this route and the academic users could follow the tacit J path.
I am obviously hoping that the J community will agree to let the use and
purpose of J expand in this way. Obviously if I can't convince, I move on
and try somewhere else. But I have no wish to destroy what exists.
Don
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