Ha! I extolled the virtues of J (with mixed success) to two separate groups of people today, too bad I didn't see this email first.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
