Yes, everything ultimately boils down to yhvh. The next step up is the poem or ku that gets to that essence.
There are many poets amongst us, this is like/becoming a fermenter for that fungus, Anyhu it is fun and gusto for us. greg ~krsnadas.org -- from Roger Hui <[email protected]> to Programming forum <[email protected]> date 20 November 2010 15:33 subject Re: [Jprogramming] Presenting J at the "Language Slapdown" this week When I said "1-minute elevator conversation", I was off by a factor of 2: What is a 30-Second Elevator Conversation? It's the uncommon yet critical conversation with new potential supporters that is borrowed from the world of venture capital pitches. You have one chance to make a great first impression. Time is of the essence. The message must rise above the competing noise. Your sincerity, creativity, and the substance of your messages matters. http://www.philanthropynow.com/pn/30_second_conversation.htm -- From: Roger Hui <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:38 Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Presenting J at the "Language Slapdown" this week To: Programming forum <[email protected]> My presentation - Verbs apply to nouns to produce nouns. - "Everything" is a noun. - Adverbs apply to verbs to produce verbs. is not necessarily focussed on grammar and syntax. You, with your APL background, are so used to the power of arrays, functions, and operators that you take them for granted. But the power of these is the message I want to convey to the uninitiated. In fact, if I had to tell the story of J (or APL) in a "1 minute elevator conversation", the above would still be what I'd say. -- from Roger Hui <[email protected]> to Programming forum <[email protected]> date 17 November 2010 09:29 subject Re: [Jprogramming] Presenting J at the "Language Slapdown" this week Yup. You don't have to define every word. And examples are the place to wow them. They may forget everything else but would latch on to a memorable example. The lab "An Idiosyncratic Introduction to J" is a synthesis of demos given at a booth in the AMS annual meeting. For that audience, I computed the determinant of the Hilbert matrix and found its unique prime factors, and computed the order of the subgroup generated by a random permutation. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Hui Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 6:58 PM To: Programming forum Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Presenting J at the "Language Slapdown" this week If I only have 5 minutes then I would try to get across the following points: - Verbs apply to nouns to produce nouns. - "Everything" is a noun. - Adverbs apply to verbs to produce verbs. -- from Roger Hui <[email protected]> to Programming forum <[email protected]> date 14 November 2010 14:21 subject Re: [Jprogramming] Presenting J at the "Language Slapdown" this week Since the presentation is in NYC some examples involving trading and/or finance may "connect". e.g. +/ price * volume % +/ volume VWAP (volume weighted average price). average=: +/ % # 30 average\ close 30-day moving average of daily closes. 30 90 average\ close 30- and 90-day moving averages. range=: >./ - <./ average (price>:(>./price) - 0.1*range price)#volume The average volume of all trades within 10% of the maximum price. -- from Roger Hui <[email protected]> to Programming forum <[email protected]> date 14 November 2010 07:49 subject Re: [Jprogramming] Presenting J at the "Language Slapdown" this week Mentioning the various sizes is good. i.e. The interpreter itself is very small but you do get a substantial amount of useful stuff in addons. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
