Oh, I forgot to include the reference to number 2 (tte), which is actually quite useful as it stands... http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Scripts/TacitToExplicit
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Dr Schild ably and succintly expresses a glaring need we've all felt > in our various ways. Dan answers for us all, I imagine, in admitting > that the J community does not have a wholly satisfactory answer to > this, in the form of a 1-stop page to go to, or a single all-embracing > package to load. > > There have been several bites at this particular cherry, and the > morsels are strewn all over the j wiki. I doubt even a Google search > of the latter will enable a newcomer to find them all or recognise > their significance once found. > > For my own instruction, I've started writing a "roadmap" to what's there: > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Tacit_to_explicit_roadmap > It is unfinished, and Dr Schild's request provides me with my new year > resolution: to finish what I've started. There are two major omissions > to the above "road map", where the road just falls off the map: > > 1. Henry Rich's brand new "dissect" tool... > http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2012-December/030728.html > > 2. Zsban Ambrus's "tte" tool (=tacit-to-explicit), a version of which > I'm comprehensively testing prior to releasing it as an add-on. Expect > me to finish this around end-January. At present I'm floundering > around in a snowdrift centering on the best way to explicate > expressions containing Atop (@), also Rank ("). > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't know of any such paper. But it certainly sounds like a worthwhile >> project for the new year. An explanation of how 13 : works would provide a >> nice starting point. >> >> There are some resources on reading (as opposed to writing) tacit >> expressions on the wiki, and recently some of the J Forums' finest published >> tools for "explicating" tacit code (a sort of inverse to 13 : n). The >> respective search functions (wiki and forumsearch) should locate these >> useful resources quickly. I'd suggest you use the Wiki's full text search; >> I find the titles-only search too limited. >> >> -Dan >> >> PS: I'd normally give more specific and definitive pointers, but at the >> moment I'm on vacation, sitting on the veranda, overlooking the Caribbean >> sea, and contemplating fishing strategies. Strong competition for J work. >> I'm sure I'll be more productive when I return home, and the cold New York >> winter keeps me inside. Until then, my best wishes to everyone for a happy >> and fruitful New Year. >> >> >> On Dec 30, 2012, at 4:50 AM, "Dr. Heinz Schild" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is there a paper that comprehensively explains the development of tacit >>> phrases? Something like this could help to actally make J a "math and data >>> playground" for the iPad. Perhaps a readable documentation of the algorithm >>> behind the adverb 13: would do for a start. >>> Regards >>> Heinz Schild >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
