-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike Powell <[email protected]> writes:
> Thanks for your thoughtful reply. Mike, You're welcome. I hope it came across as helpful and not overly prescriptive. > I'm not suggesting that J be made available in different language > versions. I simply lament the loss of the special characters. Indeed, > one of the really good features of the special characters is that they > are not language-specific. If well-designed they convey their meaning > readily to readers of any nationality. Sort of like the international > road signs. Here I may have miscommunicated. I was using language versions as an analogy; based on what I understood of your idea, your version with different characters seems equivalent (to me) to writing Pascal with keywords in French. Did I misunderstand you? > I like your suggestion about "thinking in J". For me, that happens in > two ways. In writing J, I start with the abstractions inside my head: I agree with most of the rest of what you wrote, so I won't comment further except to say that I wish I were better at it after years using it as part of my work. Bill - -- Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 374-1845 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkonJAAACgkQ3J3HaQTDvd93VgCfUj3SAh0A1RUTk3ViwKzyg5Nx sz8AoIGQTJMVYlactJjXu6YUD0QMyadK =OicQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
