Devon, nice job of putting together a reduced set of primitives for rhe beginner. The only issue I see is the name. As a beginner, I would never think to find a set of most-commonly-used primitives under the name "J Kernel" That actually sounds like a discussion of the internals of J, which is what I thought when I read the subject of your email. I doubt that a beginner would check out a page with that label. A title like "J's Basic Commands for Beginners" or equivalent, would be more likely to attract the intended audience.
Skp Skip Cave Cave Consulting LLC On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > Based on some feedback from Greg Borota last year on his experiences > learning J, I've put together a page on the J Wiki - > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/JKernel - that has a few > selected things from J on which a beginner can concentrate to avoid being > overwhelmed by the language in full. > > It's a pretty bare minimum and I couldn't find a good link that explains > J's use of single quote for quoted strings but everyone should feel free to > add to it - sparingly, as it's supposed to be a reduced set of the > language. > > It might make sense to leave the existing page much as it is and to think > about a 2nd tier of slightly more advanced verbs and such. There were good > suggestions in the original discussion - > > http://jsoftware.2058.n7.nabble.com/Learning-J-language-initial-thoughts-td52786.html#a52793 > - that I elided as I consider them more than the bare minimum (things like > rank modifiers and logic verbs). > > -- > Devon McCormick, CFA > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
