Yes, I was referring to the Dictionary proper, whereas the Introduction and Samples Topics are excellent sources of simple exposition and practical examples for active learning.
One can read them through and then keep around for later reference, as they group the operations, such as partitions all in one section. However, even more productive would be to abstract from the routine of studying into exploring a familiar area of interest. And there is plenty of sources there, such as Math for the Layman, Exploring Math. They somewhat retrace the journey taken earlier with A Programming Langauge, Elementary Functions, etc. Any other books would work as long as it's interesting. I would recommend J Companion for Statistical Calculations by K. Smillie (unfortunately not amoung books on the Wiki). --- R&S HUI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The difference is that the Dictionary of APL just has the > dictionary, whereas the J Introduction and Dictionary > has an Introduction with lots of examples in lots of > problem domains as well as the dictionary, so you could > use the J Introduction and Dictionary as a learning source. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Oleg Kobchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 10:08 am > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Mathematical Roots of J & more musings > > > ... > > There is a paragraph at the beginning of Dictionary of APL, which > > I could not find in Dictionary of J, that specifically warns > > against using it as a learning source for beginners. Instead, > > learning is suggested with practical activity by examples in the > > subject area close to the learner. Whereas the dictionary > > is meant to be a reference source. > > ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
