This sounds good to me. I don't fancy your chances for a warm reception. The problem is, the audience will not be able to believe that what you are doing is actually programming. It will seem like something else altogether - rather as if a chemist had shown up, mixed some beakers of stuff, and produced some neat result. They will just dismiss it as not being applicable to their lives.
I don't have anything better to suggest, though. You are offering them a better way to think about computation. One in fifty will be inspired, if you're lucky. Talking to non-programmers (highschool students, say) has worked better for me. Henry Rich On 7/29/2011 10:14 PM, Kip Murray wrote: > I suggest a simple project you develop in front of your audience in 20 > minutes. > Include an error which you correct on the spot. Your focus is on rapidity > of > development and the use of arrays for speed. You avoid mentioning terms like > explicit tacit noun verb adverb because explaining them is not your focus. > You > are probably using the J Http Server with side-by-side jijx and jfile windows. > > On 7/29/2011 4:08 PM, EelVex wrote: >> I'm about to give a talk on J programming. I plan it to be about 30minutes >> long. The audience is mixed but most have a decent exposure >> to C++, Java and/or Python. >> >> Any suggestions on: >> * where to focus >> * how to present J >> * what to avoid >> ? >> >> Thanks, >> eelvex >> :) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
