I did present the whole thing (about 90 minutes) and only two (out of about 8) people left early. But, as I said, there was kind of a stunned silence at the end. I did get a nice review from one of the people who stayed. However, it would benefit from some aggressive pruning.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
