I'd put the usual priority on Insert (/) and Atop (@) well before Rank  
(") if we're talking about how to chronologically introduce the  
language, but I consider Rank to be first and foremost if we're  
thinking about the overall task of presenting the language through  
tutorials.

T

On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:15 PM, bob therriault <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> Thanks Tracy,
>
> I remember you mentioning Rank (") during the online JUG meeting. I  
> pretty much decided then that it would be the first conjunction that  
> I take on for animation. The point you raise about providing  
> examples that are more accessible to the viewer is excellent.
>
> Cheers, bob
>
> On -Mar12-2010, at -Mar12-20109:00 AM, Tracy Harms wrote:
>
>> Not sure I got across my main point, which was this: It will help  
>> others
>> learn rank if we can show accessible ("intuitive") cases where rank  
>> other
>> than the big three (0 _ _1) are natural. Base (#.) is a good  
>> example for
>> rank 1, and something like my card example might serve for rank 2.  
>> We'll
>> also need to cover the big three in detail, of course.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Tracy Harms <[email protected]>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm at the stage in my J studies where ...
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