There are two problems here. One is readability and the other is entry. Until recently readability has been restricted by having to display on a line like a typewriter and availability of characters. Video screens have removed those restrictions but restrict the total area of display. We need really big screens. Entry for J is still stuck with a keyboard which makes it difficult to use the added flexibility of the screen. Tools like auto completion which help in other programming languages are of little use in J as it is so terse.
2011/8/15 Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > As far as reading/writing up/down right/left I think that writing in the > forms of mind mapping is at least sometime preferable. > > In a way you can look at each verb as a bubble and each locale a collection > of bubbles. > > I have often thought it would be nice to be able to collect the names and > group them and just open a bubble as needed when working on a system and > have it presented in a similar way as mind maps do. > > Within each line things are not always strictly right to left as operators > take arguments left and right and have different scope. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
