I think Devons presentation is fine and nice. I am a bit wondering about the length of the presentation.
How much time did it get? The beginning is good and easy but it is a bit massive at the end. I know we want to show off everything but too much is just that - too much 2011/9/22 Ian Clark <[email protected]> > > To some people, numerical computation and handling isn't too > > attractive. They are more interested in string manipulation. > > And why not? IME, 50% to 98% of the code in a saleable app, even a > numerical app, handles strings not num arrays, thanks for the need to > interface with the user. (Nearer 98%, for an APL or J app, but that's > down to the conciseness of math handling in APL or J.) > > To say that char and num arrays are treated the same way is not the whole > story. > > This is not to detract from Devon's presentation, which I think is great. > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:12 AM, June Kim (김창준) <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Ken - > >> > > > > Nice presentation! > > > >> I think everyone was a bit worn out by the end - I went on for an hour > and a > >> half - so there were really only a few questions. > >> > >> One person wanted to know about the "area of application" for J and I > told > >> him "analytics" but now think this was too narrow - I should have > mentioned > >> how I use it every day for many different tasks where I might be using > perl > >> or shell-scripting otherwise. > >> > > > > I had done an introductory presentation of which point was on "daily J > > programming" using J as an extension to the brain. > > > > http://jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2009-December/017260.html > > > > Recently, I resumed "Thursday Quiz" for Korean J community mailing > > list. I provide a daily J programming problem(which is authentic) > > every Thursday. > > > >> Someone else wanted to know about string handling even though I'd tried > to > >> emphasize the point that character and numeric arrays are treated the > same > >> way (as appropriate to the verb being applied). > > > > To some people, numerical computation and handling isn't too > > attractive. They are more interested in string manipulation. > > > >> > >> I missed my chance to hold up the book Ken had brought, too. I should > have > >> thought of that as you were headed out. > >> > >> Thanks for coming by, > >> > >> Devon > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Lettow, Kenneth <[email protected] > >wrote: > >> > >>> Seconded. > >>> > >>> I was in attendance, the crowd was small but engaged. I watched a lot > of > >>> heads nodding in agreement as Devon went through the examples. > >>> > >>> I had to leave a bit early, so I missed the Q&A. How did that go Devon? > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Baker > >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 4:17 PM > >>> To: Programming forum > >>> Cc: Devon McCormick > >>> Subject: [Jprogramming] Shout out for Devon's Latest Wiki Posting > >>> > >>> If anyone here hasn't take a few moments to read Devon's recent J WikI > >>> posting please do so. It's a great introduction to J. I particularly > >>> like > >>> his graphic. > >>> > >>> Take a gander: > >>> > >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/FunctionalJ > >>> > >>> -- > >>> John D. Baker > >>> [email protected] > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Devon McCormick, CFA > >> ^me^ at acm. > >> org is my > >> preferred e-mail > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 twitter: @flugfiskur http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
