Agreed.
I would probably not teach Rank (") first, but it could prove instructive for
developing animations of conjunctions. As I think about it more, each
conjunction will provide its own flavour ie. Power (^: ), Atop (@), Under
(&.), Obverse (:.) etc.
Cheers, bob
On -Mar12-2010, at -Mar12-201010:04 AM, Tracy Harms wrote:
> 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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