If you really want to make a connection to mathematical symbols and J I would use Unicode.
It is fairly easy to use Unicode in J and if you display the mathematical formulas in Unicode and then give examples of how they translate into J it would surely be helpful. http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/mathchart.html http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2200.pdf 2009/4/29 Don Watson <[email protected]> > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
