I doubt that Devon presented the whole thing. I suspect that he whetted the audience's interest sufficiently so that they'd study the rest of the excellent presentation at their own leisure.
----- Original Message ----- From: Björn Helgason <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:18 Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Shout out for Devon's Latest Wiki Posting To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > 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 > > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
