-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tracy Harms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>From what you've written I'm guessing that you're set to learn J more > easily than many programmers. Familiarity and comfort with mathematics > is enormously helpful because so many of the best demonstrations of J > are mathematical. Indeed, my nomination for the single most important > thing to appreciate about the language is this: J is a mathematical > notation that happens to be executable on computers. Hear! Hear! I think that last sentence was in Ken's original vision for APL and for J. I learned APL only as a mathematical notation; by the time I had ready access to a computer with APL, J was available. As to the first part of your paragraph: there's the old "how to shoot yourself in the foot in various programming languages." I believe the APL one is that you shot yourself in the foot but don't remember enough linear algebra to figure out what happened. There's at least a tad bit of truth hidden there. (Now what is a manifold again? :-) Bill - -- Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 337-5541 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: For more information, see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFH8cRP3J3HaQTDvd8RAm1mAJ4ykVkavXpzon7TdWHeVLng1irAOQCdELsd Sa5HEnt4/4h5x7JYwz2VREo= =GigP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
