Thanks for your input on my talk title and abstract. This is what I decided upon. Sorry for not knowing the originators for some of the quotes
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] ________________________________ Departement Meganiese Ingenieurswese Navorsingslesing Prof Roelof Brouwer, besoekende navorser uit Kanada, bied 'n kort lesing aan op Maandag 2 Oktober 2006 om 12:00 in lokaal M306. ONDERWERP "Code Less Computing" (or Computing with Less Code) Abstract: Are you tired of coding/programming when you just want the computer to do what you have in mind without going into details? If so than this talk is for you. It 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. 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 operations help in chunking which helps the human to deal with complexity that is mainly there because of detail. You want a way of using the computer where "if you say it" it is done. You want a language for "trying out crazy ideas quickly". J ( nothing to do with Java)is such a language. J is also "an executable notation for computations in that it not only provides a consistent notation but also one that is executable". Ilse du Toit Nagraadse Bemarking / Postgraduate Marketing Fakulteit Ingenieurswese / Faculty of Engineering Universiteit Stellenbosch / Stellenbosch University Suid-Afrika / South Africa Tel.: +27 (0) 21 808 4374 Fax: +27 (0) 21 808 4958 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
