Love it! Think I'm gonna get a lot from Linda's and Norman's paper. Now I wonder if I missed it or forgot it.
> On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:00 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ian Clark's NuVoc project is a great start at making J easier for newcomers. > As part of that effort, the FrontPage of the Wiki now has a section aimed at > newcomers. > > As Ian observed, a newcomer's first 5 minutes with J will be decisive in > establishing their attitude towards the language. As things stand, it takes > a serious geek to take a shine to J in 5 minutes. Just between us geeks, I > wish there were more of us, but that's not the way to bet. > > No, we need a snappy demo: an application that everyone can relate to, > showing how we can code something meaningful and get a pretty display in > under 5 minutes. Ideally it should be a YouTube video, with an accompanying > Lab so the interested user can reproduce the results. > > I call for somebody, or a small group, to produce /J in 5 Minutes/, the demo > that really makes the case for the language. The job requires creative and > production skills that I lack, but I will be willing to write code to further > the project. > > Henry Rich > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
