Hi Devon, Feel free to use these 'hook' videos that I put together about a year and a half ago.
Playing with Primes - 1:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzB1xgKW5F8 Extended Precision - 1:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDELAzsERJk Rational Fractions - 1:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_j4iMeAa7s I noticed that the link to the old wiki is still there but other than that update, they still may work. They were aimed at a slightly younger audience, but if they haven't seen these features before they may be intrigued. Cheers, bob On Nov 6, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > As possible bait - I assert that J is a strong, suitable contender for > any programming problem. It's a bold statement, but I haven't > encountered a problem that J can't solve or feels completely out of > place at. In fact, most problem it's near the top of the list of > contenders. > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here's what got me hooked (in no specific order) >> >> 1. Multi-platform (linux, osx, windows, android, iPad) >> 2. Fully featured IDEs (web, desktop, mobile) >> 3. Open source >> 4. C interop (means you can literally do anything with the language) >> 5. Interactive REPL >> 6. Concise >> 7. Excellent documentation and essays/articles solving different types >> of problems >> 8. "Batteries Included" - large suite of addons that cover many >> domains of problems >> 9. Mature - 20 years old, but still being actively developed >> 10. Community (mailing list, irc, wiki, rosettacode) >> 11. Scales to big data >> 12. Simple to start with, challenging to master (you won't get bored with >> it!) >> >> I think it's hard to distill it down to a single bait, but hopefully >> these ideas trigger some additional thoughts >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have an opportunity to talk about J for a short while to some people with >>> little or no exposure to it. >>> >>> What do people think would be the best bait I could use to hook them into >>> looking more into it? These would be people with coding experience in >>> other languages. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Devon McCormick, CFA >>> >>> Quantitative Consultant >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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
