As I recall Raul, you are one of those rare bright ones that jumped right in and picked up J in no time at all. (When did you first join the forums??.) And you are also one, I’ve noticed, that has contributed a great deal to the J wiki, the nuvoc effort, and the J community in general. For that you have earned my thanks and respect; thank you!!
I, on the other hand, fear I just don’t have sufficient neurons or synapses or meat inside my skull to ever master the wealth of knowledge on the J software site, the Wiki (including and especially the nuvoc pages), and the J forums. Nor the discipline to stop being drawn into the innumerable rabbit holes that I follow while forgetting the questions that lead me there. Your advice re frivolous projects is right on, and having J on my iPhone (I love it!) encourages that. I’m hanging in there. > On Aug 8, 2019, at 11:21 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:31 PM 'Jim Russell' via General > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Pity there are so few of you bright enough to become proficient, and so many >> of us that feel we shouldn’t use it unless we use it well. Sigh... > > I think it's mostly a matter of pacing. > > Kids pick up J at the community college level without any unusual > stress or anything (and quite a bit of it can fit in at the grade > school level, assuming enough comfort with concepts like "numbers" and > "letters"). But, not all in one day. > > Anyways, ... people shy away from the oddest things, sometimes. (And, > I guess, there will always have been people who did the discouraging > "you don't know *that*? hahahah" thing...) > > But having small projects to use it in can also help. Frivolous > projects are great for this kind of thing. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
