Good point - I picked up the "J Kernel" label from the discussion.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
