On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 12:02 PM 'Jim Russell' via General <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 remember a number of years in the '90s when I was slowly absorbing everything I could read about J (but it seems like every time I look there's a whole bunch of things I never really learned -- like the phrases stuff, and lots of addons -- did I mention that I learn slowly??). Anyways... the "no time at all" part maybe happened after that? Thanks, -- Raul > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
