It takes a lot of practice to 'think' in advanced J, but simple J is easy: 23+55+9918+44 10040
The theorem of Pythagoras is easier in J than in traditional notation +/ &.: *: 3 4 5 >________________________________ >Fra: Bill Harris <[email protected]> >Til: Programming forum <[email protected]> >Sendt: 5:17 fredag den 30. september 2011 >Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] Tacit vs. Explicit Paradigm and its Long-Term Impact > >On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I do not do so directly, but I often find that I think about problems >> in terms of J, and that that often helps me focus on relevant issues >> and useful approaches. >> >> But shouldn't this discussion be in chat, rather than in programming? >> >> Raul, > >Perhaps, but I left it here because I think it pertains to programming. > >I think in words in English or German. I don't have to puzzle through that; >it's become natural enough so that I just do it. When I read something by >an author such as Faulkner or Kant, I may indeed have to think more >carefully, but that's not the way I normally write. > >Would I be better off if I thought analytically in J, too? Would increased >skill in that regard give me more analytical strength? > >If so, would I get to the point that writing a program is to thinking as >writing an email is to talking: just setting down "on paper" what was going >through my head? Would that make me a better programmer? Is that what Ken >was talking about when writing about a notation of thought? > >Feel free to move this to chat or to let it die, as you wish. > >Bill >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
