On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 1:07 AM 'robert therriault' via Programming <programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > I am more intrigued by your identification of an audience that may > be more interested in some of the quirks of the language than the > basics. Do you think that this approach would have an audience? It > is certainly a niche that has not been otherwise filled and to be > honest I am not sure that I have enough knowledge to dig up and > understand those idiosyncrasies, but I would welcome input.
Well... I see a variety of small "niches": 1) college students who have coursework where J seems relevant. 2) computing professionals who see a tie-in to one of their burning interests 3) artists (musicians, 3d modelers, etc. etc.) who see J as a relevant part of their tool set 4) hobbyists of various kinds 5) People with a J background who just stick around and, occasionally 6) People who associate with J users In all cases, the 'casually curious" would be the bulk of the population, and the least interested. People with J-specific tasks would tend to hang on a bit more, but also still tend to be impatient. It's a focus thing. However... for the most part, building an audience probably demands first building something interesting and then circling back and explaining it at levels which might fit people who share that interest. (J does have interesting computing structures, and it's worth keeping those in mind, but I'm not inclined to think that an audience who have that as their sole interest would take us much of any place useful.) Note that I'm not saying any of this is easy. Thanks, -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
