On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> wrote: > It is my opinion that the terminology issue, along with the extreme formal > conciseness of J's dictionary/vocabulary system, are key reasons for J's > steep learning curve. A labeling scheme, where every program, essay, blog, > or definition could be tagged with multiple tags, where each tag expresses > the content of the item in a different way or different terminology, could > go a long way towards lessening J's steep learning curve.
In my experience, J's learning curve is not intrinsically steep. Gradeschool and highschool students can pick up J rather easily. The problem, from my point of view, is that the curve goes a long ways up. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
