I want to introduce the Mechanical Engineering students here at Stellenbosch University in South Africa to the wonders of J. They have no interest in programming languages apparently.
I am looking for some catchy title and introduction to the talk so as not to scare away people . Does any one have some ideas for both a title and a catchy abstract. For starters I thought a title could be Programming Less Computing Or Loop less Programming Or Loop Less Computing Or An Executable Notation for Computations For advertising the talk This talk is for people who want to communicate with the computer without having to program at the level of the computer but at the same level as their thought processes. The high level operations are desirable because they directly represent natural units of thought. "The argument that Leibniz used when he introduced and standardized the familiar mathematical symbols is still valid. Through proper symbolism, " indeed the labour of thought is wonderfully diminished" [Cajori, 1929].. High level operation help in chunking which helps the human to deal with complexity. Any suggestions cheers Roelof Roelof K. Brouwer PhD PEng Temporary while visiting Department of Mechanical Engineering Stellenbosch University PO Box X1 Matieland 7602 South Africa land line 27 (0) 21 808 3606 cell 27 (0) 73 973 1858 skype roelofbrouwer email [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tru.ca/advtech/compsci/faculty/rbrouwer Permanent Contact information Professor Department of Computing Science School of Advanced Technologies and Mathematics Thompson Rivers University 900 McGill Road, PO Box 3010 Kamloops, BC, Canada,V2C 5N3 telephone numbers 1-250 828 5219 work 1-250-374-5874 home 1-250-377-6133 fax home page www.tru.ca/advtech/compsci/faculty/rbrouwer email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
