Just a teeny thing, but if you are going to have both the monadic and the dyadic definitions for ^. then shouldn't you have the same for ^ ? Less confusion that way, plus a better insight into the way J uses dyads.
On 2 September 2014 22:14, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > What I meant was, arrange so Getting Started and NuVoc point to your > page. Beginners should be able to make their way to one of those pages. > > Henry Rich > > > On 9/2/2014 4:47 PM, Henry Rich wrote: > >> Please link NuVoc, and Getting Started, to this. >> >> Henry Rich >> >> On 9/2/2014 12:36 PM, Skip Cave 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 >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
