I have to think about this. I'll get back to you. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:31 PM, bob therriault <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Catherine, > > Hmmm. It still feels a bit awkward to me compared to the 'in place' version > of plus3. Any suggestions to extend the scalar examples to vector or matrix > (without suggesting an order of operation), or should we just use this style > for scalar and change the process for vector and matrix? > > Your thoughts? > > Cheers, bob > > On -Mar17-2010, at -Mar17-20109:30 AM, Catherine Lathwell wrote: > > > OK - re: the video you put in your note below. > > > > This works for me. I had no grrrrrrrrr reactions. > > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:09 PM, bob therriault <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> Thanks Skip, > >> > >> Rather than create your suggestions in a complete animation, I have > >> animated just one of the examples as you suggested. You can see it here: > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj4IW2r7s3s > >> > >> Let me know if this is what you had in mind. I added the extra > horizontal > >> arrow, since without it my bias to reading left to right caused the end > >> result to be counterintuitive. I think I still prefer the previous > option of > >> having the Plus (+) appear in place over the argument, as the design is > >> simpler and much more amenable to matrix and vector examples; but before > I > >> scale out to the full video of your ideas, let me know if I am on the > right > >> track. > >> > >> Cheers, bob > >> > >> On -Mar14-2010, at -Mar14-201011:04 AM, Skip Cave wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Skip says: > >>> I proposed an alternate option in my previous post. Rather than popping > >>> up the plus signs on top of the number, just leave the plus sign where > >>> they belong - to the left of the number. Move the number as a ghost on > >>> top of the plus, and then take the conjugate action. > >>> > >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Catherine Lathwell > > http://www.aprogramminglanguage.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Catherine Lathwell http://www.aprogramminglanguage.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
