I thought of including { and probably will. The only thing that deterred
me was thinking that I probably should also include } as well, to be
complete, and this is a little more complex.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Vijay Lulla <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, why is { not included? I use it extensively for my J
> explorations. Also, it is much more regular and useful(flexible?) than
> indexing in other languages. For e.g., You cannot mix +ve and -ve indexes
> in R but it works as expected (at least for me) in J. Regardless, nice
> work.
>
> Thanks,
> Vijay.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Based on Skip's suggestion, this page is now here -
> > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/MinimalBeginningJ - and is
> > titled "Minimal J for Beginners".
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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
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