bob, these are very well done. I must have missed them the first time around. Thanks for sharing again.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:58 PM, robert therriault <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
