(OH NO, not the significant figures card!) Well, my estimate seems to be off, then. I myself, might have used 99.9%, an equally good estimate, without the baggage of perfection, or the weirdness that reaults from 1&- 'ing the value. No accounting for taste.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\/| Randy A MacDonald | APL: If you can say it, it's done.. (ram) |/\| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |\ | | The only real problem with APL is that BSc(Math) UNBF'83 | it is "still ahead of its time." Sapere Aude | - Morten Kromberg Natural Born APL'er | Demo website: http://156.34.74.184/ -----------------------------------------------------(INTP)----{ gnat }- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Hui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:38 AM Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Displaying J with Unicode Special Symbols > I did not deny anyone's existence. > > "100.0% of all programmers know nothing about APL" > means that less than 0.05% of all programmers > know something about APL, i.e. less than 1 in 2000. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ramacd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 8:41 pm > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Displaying J with Unicode Special Symbols > > > Deny my existence at your peril, Roger :-) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roger Hui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General forum" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 6:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Displaying J with Unicode Special Symbols > > > > > > > How is one supposed to know that the APL {lamp} > > > symbol is a lamp? > > > > > > I estimate that 100.0% of all programmers know > > > nothing about APL. For such people, NB. is at > > > least as readable/understandable/mnemonic as {lamp}, > > > without the problems associated with entering and > > > displaying {lamp}. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
