The mathschallenge problems are a great showcase for J, since it is particularly well-adapted to them, and people with an interest in this kind of problem are likely to gravitate towards J. The J solutions to most problems are clearly much better than those in other languages.
However, since you can only see other solutions to problems you have solved, and the average overall rating is around 20%, I still think that the statistics, inaccurate as they may be, can serve as an advertisement for J. Best wishes, John Mike Day wrote: > Very true, and John Randall points out that the stats > seem to be a bit mangled anyway.... > > Mind you <tic> we have got Roger Hui to build in just > those little things that help solve the latest problems. > I wouldn't be surprised to see a new beta for every > really challenging puzzle! <tic> > > Mike > > Roger Hui wrote: > >><tongue-in-cheek> >>Mike, the problem is all the riff-raff who specified their >>preference as APL/J/K and then only solved one or two of the >>problems, pulling down the overall average for APL/J/K. >></tongue-in-cheek> >> >>Actually, this topic has been discussed before. The "language >>of choice" thing is not very illuminating or particularly >>relevant. To me, what is relevant is the material in the >>MathsChallenge forums. In problem after problem, you will find >>that the APL/J/K solutions beat the others hands down in terms of >>expressiveness, conciseness, and even efficiency. Moreover, >>the J solutions are the best due to the built-in support for >>extended precision arithmetic, prime numbers, and factoring, >>facilities required for solving many of the problems. >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Mike Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Programming forum" <[email protected]> >>Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:12 PM >>Subject: [Jprogramming] Not a spoiler >> >>Several J forum correspondents are taking part in "mathschallenge" - eg >>the latest at >>http://www.mathschallenge.net/index.php?section=project&ref=problems&id=117 >> >>I see that two other APL/J/K people are listed as solving >>this one, but the stats only list one solution as APL/J/K. >>I think this means that they haven't stated APL/J/K as >>their preferred language for this particular problem even >>though it is presumably their favourite class of language >>in general. This is maybe one reason why "Delphi, used >>by 2%, seems to be the language of choice for the highest >>scoring users." >> >>A pity if we wish to show how effective our preferred language is. >> >>Mike >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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
