Thank you. I purchased the Fractals and for C programmers books and downloaded the card days ago. The difficulty is in assimilating the material. It is quite demanding for me. Yet I continue, against the odds.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Tracy Harms <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Jonathan Lettvin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > ... > > Learning J is a true challenge for me. > > I am looking for any ways to ease the hard parts. > > ... > > Jonathan, > > Here are some (fragmentary) thoughts on beginning to learn J. > > The three books that are included in the Getting Started document are > all worth reading. The technique I used was to read all of them, > alternating among them depending on my mood. I found it useful to get > the same material through several styles. The list is here: > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Books > > Some of the Labs that are available under the Studio menu of the J > console are introductory. They're definitely worth going through, even > repeatedly. However, my experience is that following along with the labs > is not going to be enough for anybody to develop satisfying competence > with J. Also, note that some labs involve more advanced material and > there isn't much structure there to guide a student among them. > > I strongly urge you to print out the > reference card Henry Rich created as a companion to J for C > Programmers. This card is not only a great item for handy reference, > it is a great way to explore J. Each facet of the language occurs > there with an example that shows how it is used, Putting a lot of > attention there helped me a lot. It's well worth printing it in color > and getting it laminated. > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/HenryRich?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=J602_RefCard_color_letter_current.pdf > > Best regards, > > Tracy > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- This e-mail is from Jonathan D. Lettvin, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, copy or distribute the e-mail or any attachments. Instead, please notify the sender and delete the e-mail and any attachments. Thank you. Jonathan D. Lettvin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
