At Play with J is a series of articles that Eugene McDonnell wrote for Vector magazine. There are 42 of them, and they are a treasure trove of J. Many can be seen on the wiki at http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Articles.
The British APL Association, who publish Vector, would like to republish the collection in book form. Unfortunately, some of the J code is obsolete. We would like to update the code so that it works in the latest version of J. The book would then appeal to the J novice as well as the expert. I think this a worthwhile project for the J community as well as BAA, and would like to co-opt the help of forum members. What I propose is that all the articles are put on the wiki, and volunteers take responsibility for updating individual articles. Once this is complete, the BAA would use the wiki pages as source for the book. Volunteers will be given credit in the book, but I think that assisting BAA in honoring Eugene will be its own reward. The wiki page http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/At%20Play%20With%20J has a table of the articles, and more information on the kind of editing that might be required. Please take a look and see if you can help. Ian Clark of BAA is managing this project. Please email Ian if you need more information, or discuss the project in the Chat forum. Thanks Chris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
