Re: [Jchat] Optical computers

2022-05-19 Thread Björn Helgason
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/optical-computing > > Can you give us some links and/or citations for your reading > in this area? > > Thanks, > Bob > > > On 2022-05-18 10:00, Björn Helgason wrote: > > One of the apl conferences I think it was 1989 in copenhagen

[Jchat] Optical

2022-05-18 Thread Björn Helgason
One of the apl conferences I think it was 1989 in copenhagen there was a presentation about optical computers. Have not heard much about it since but it looks like it is coming to the surface again. As far as I remember the presenter said it would fit apl very well. Incidentally Ken Iverson

Re: [Jchat] ibm goes down

2021-04-12 Thread Björn Helgason
, accordingly reducing everone’s living > standards. > > Rodney. > > > > On Apr 12, 2021, at 10:15 AM, Björn Helgason wrote: > > > > apl lives on even if ibm goes away. > > > > it is really amazing that ibm is still around. > > > > 13 layers of

Re: [Jchat] ibm goes down

2021-04-12 Thread Björn Helgason
there's GNU APL, and there's k and q. > > Not to mention various hardware array concepts, such as greenarrays and > gpus. > > And, maybe, IBM will go back up at some point? > > Who knows... > > -- > Raul > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 5:05 AM Björn Helgason wrote: >

[Jchat] ibm goes down

2021-04-12 Thread Björn Helgason
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apl2-whats-new -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jchat] c.l.a

2021-01-21 Thread Björn Helgason
, 21. jan. 2021, 19:35 'robert therriault' via Chat skrifaði < c...@jsoftware.com>: > I have never seen that Bjorn. > > Cheers, bob > > > On Jan 21, 2021, at 11:32, Björn Helgason wrote: > > > > I occasionally get a post to c.l.a that seems to be in italian. >

[Jchat] c.l.a

2021-01-21 Thread Björn Helgason
I occasionally get a post to c.l.a that seems to be in italian. I always delete it immediately. I have never bothered to let google translate it for me. The text does not seem to be anything related to apl. I wonder why this is not stopped. Anyone here know anything about this?

Re: [Jchat] JforC in Icelandic ...

2020-04-20 Thread Björn Helgason
commented on earlier versions: ... >Björn Helgason translated the text into Icelandic, " > > I'd be interested to read that translation alongside my English text > with a friend of mine who's studying Icelandic. > > Q: > Is it publicly available as a printed text or a

Re: [Jchat] JforC in Icelandic ...

2020-04-19 Thread Björn Helgason
ention under > Acknowledgements: > > "I am obliged to the reviewers who commented on earlier versions: ... >Björn Helgason translated the text into Icelandic, " > > I'd be interested to read that translation alongside my English text > with a friend of

Re: [Jchat] The stockmarket is now run by machines.

2019-10-12 Thread Björn Helgason
I have seen many factories needing less people. As excempel fishing factories here. Papermills in Sweden VolksWagen in Germany and many more Þann lau., 12. okt. 2019, 18:45 Raul Miller skrifaði : > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 12:34 PM Björn Helgason wrote: > > When I say everywhere I me

Re: [Jchat] The stockmarket is now run by machines.

2019-10-12 Thread Björn Helgason
Oct 12, 2019 at 7:55 AM Björn Helgason wrote: > > What is especially interesting regarding jobs lost to automation is it > > happens so gradually and everywhere. > > Not everywhere. > > Everywhere local. > > At least where I am standing, "jobs lost to automation&

Re: [Jchat] The stockmarket is now run by machines.

2019-10-12 Thread Björn Helgason
> > > Self scanning at supermarkets are replacing people. > > > > Ordering and paying at fast food done in machines. > > > > People are buying all kinds of stuff over the internet and that includes > > food > > On 9 Oct 2019 17:09, "Raul Miller" wro

Re: [Jchat] The stockmarket is now run by machines.

2019-10-09 Thread Björn Helgason
, "Raul Miller" wrote: > On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 12:57 PM Björn Helgason wrote: > > We do not need many outlets with cashiers anymore. > > And, yet, the cashiers at local franchises I visit frequently are so > often having to work around failures in their register syste

Re: [Jchat] The stockmarket is now run by machines.

2019-10-09 Thread Björn Helgason
It looks like banks and financial institutions are going through a big change. The computers are doing ever more of the work. The number of people at least in many banks are losing their jobs. It will be interesting to see if fraud and scams will be affected as well. We do not need many outlets

Re: [Jchat] What does "J" mean?

2019-08-06 Thread Björn Helgason
It in the middle of Reykjavik. Stands for the religion of the vikings. On 6 Aug 2019 10:37, "R.E. Boss" wrote: > Heard (quite some time ago) that J is the next letter after H and I (Hui & > Iverson). > It's one of the stories I believe in. > > > R.E. Boss > > > > -Oorspronkelijk

Re: [Jchat] TABULA announcement and request

2019-06-27 Thread Björn Helgason
The new option in mail that allows you to schedule send is handy. It gives you time to read the postings, change or regret later before it is finally sent. In the few days I have had this option I have collected a number of postings that are waiting in the queue. On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:55 Don

[Jchat] send later

2019-06-24 Thread Björn Helgason
There is a new interesting option in mail. I am writing this on saturday and schedule it to be sent later. I can choose a date and time. Until it is sent I can change it or delete. Has some interesting uses. I have used similar in calendar and project control for years but this here for mail

Re: [Jchat] TABULA announcement and request

2019-06-22 Thread Björn Helgason
xt.gz> > > These are the arrays used in Fung et al. (1987) and have resolution of > 4°×5°. The unit of the array is 1013 kg C/m2/s. One array per month. The > global annual source should add up approximately to zero (given vagaries of > number of days per month and ways to interpolate betwee

Re: [Jchat] TABULA announcement and request

2019-06-22 Thread Björn Helgason
tical > to get the oil out previously. > > The thing is we really don't know what makes the world's climate. We make > guesses based on things we can measure. The air temperature and > composition. The ocean temperature and composition. But there are many > other variables. We

Re: [Jchat] TABULA announcement and request

2019-06-22 Thread Björn Helgason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQqPQ0i_fl0 Þann fös., 21. jún. 2019, 01:54 Ian Clark skrifaði : > Jose – thank you for introducing me to Alhazen. > Significantly predates René Descartes, whom I recall being taught was the > originator of the Method of Systematic Doubt. > Quite clearly the

Re: [Jchat] TABULA announcement and request

2019-06-15 Thread Björn Helgason
https://youtu.be/WNEQo6lk9ko On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 07:25 Ian Clark, wrote: > Thank you, Donna. There is material here I can use in additional case > studies to exhibit TABULA in action. > > Yes, I'm using out-of-date figures, but they're nicely rounded figures, > which make it easier to see

[Jchat] Horfðu á „APL Blossom Time Live Lyrics“ á YouTube

2019-01-07 Thread Björn Helgason
https://youtu.be/g4xvjfr297E -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jchat] [Jprogramming] One-based indices

2019-01-01 Thread Björn Helgason
Having more than one origin can ne confusing. In other APL dialects you can set the index origin. It causes problems. Adding one is an easy solution if you need it. -- For information about J forums see

[Jchat] go

2018-07-01 Thread Björn Helgason
I do not know go. Is it something to combine with J? https://www.technotification.com/2018/06/go-programming-language.html/amp -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jchat] How close is J to APL?

2018-06-18 Thread Björn Helgason
2018 08:03 Björn Helgason, wrote: > 3279 had apl characters. > graphical and colour. > > On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:27 Don Guinn, wrote: > >> Other problems. Never heard of a print train with APL characters for high >> speed printers. Had to have a special type bal

Re: [Jchat] How close is J to APL?

2018-06-17 Thread Björn Helgason
For a long time equipment to get graphics off the screens were very expensive Had to learn to use cameras to take pictures of the screen. Experts on filters etc. On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 14:15 Robert Bernecky, wrote: > A few points: > > - The BGT (Blasted Goldball Terminals) were indeed noisy, but >

Re: [Jchat] How close is J to APL?

2018-06-17 Thread Björn Helgason
3279 had apl characters. graphical and colour. On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:27 Don Guinn, wrote: > Other problems. Never heard of a print train with APL characters for high > speed printers. Had to have a special type ball for Selectric typewriters. > It wasn't until the late 1970's that teletype

Re: [Jchat] J, APL, or calendars?

2018-06-08 Thread Björn Helgason
beenary numbers https://m.phys.org/news/2018-06-scientists-bees-concept.html On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 07:40 'Bo Jacoby' via Chat, wrote: > Cardinal numbers (0, 1, 2, . . .) are including 0 (zero). > Ordinal numbers (1, 2, 3, . . .) are starting with 1 (first). There is no > "zeroth". > There is

Re: [Jchat] J, APL, or calendars?

2018-06-05 Thread Björn Helgason
e second hour starts just after one > o'clock and ends at two o'clock. > > Den 8:23 tirsdag den 5. juni 2018 skrev Björn Helgason < > gos...@gmail.com>: > > > https://marymagdalenefrancetours.com/did-jesus-live-in-france/ > > On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 04:00 PR Pa

Re: [Jchat] J, APL, or calendars?

2018-06-05 Thread Björn Helgason
https://marymagdalenefrancetours.com/did-jesus-live-in-france/ On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 04:00 PR PackRat, wrote: > On 6/4/18, Jose Mario Quintana wrote: > > Harvey wrote: > >> It's just the way it is. > > I merely intended to inject some reality. Despite all of the > discussions and arguments pro

Re: [Jchat] J, APL, or calendars?

2018-06-01 Thread Björn Helgason
the 2 Apl On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 14:01 Donna Y, wrote: > Roger was also at the table as well as others from IPSharp when Ken told > me about the Book of J—a book written by Bloom around 1989 that presented > the theory held by Bloom and others that J as a oman— > > > My J is a Gevurah ("great

Re: [Jchat] J, APL, or calendars?

2018-05-30 Thread Björn Helgason
de etc"? No!The first > decade consist of the years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. The 202. decade consist > of the years 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020. > >>> So 2018 is the 8. year of the 202. decade, which is the 2. decade of > the 21 century, which is the 1. century of

Re: [Jchat] J, APL, or calendars?

2018-05-30 Thread Björn Helgason
In Sweden they say 2018 as tjugohundraarton or tjugoarton We are now in tjugohundratalen. You can say it as twentyhundredeighteen or twentyeighteen. We are now in the twentyhundreds or the twentyhundrednumbers. On Wed, 30 May 2018 16:03 R.E. Boss, wrote: > > From: Chat On Behalf Of 'Bo Jacoby'

Re: [Jchat] How close is J to APL?

2018-05-17 Thread Björn Helgason
"Back on my soap box, the in things in computing now are GUI and web. Actual problem solving makes up a very small part of programming now" Do you use JHS? -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

[Jchat] kotlin

2018-03-15 Thread Björn Helgason
I wonder if kotlin is interesting to J or JHS. -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jchat] Where is J going ?

2018-03-10 Thread Björn Helgason
asatru.is lots of powerful operators with well defined roles and rules. never tells you what to do or not to do. only tells you what happens if you do. On 10 Mar 2018 20:08, "Ian Clark" wrote: If all programming language communities are religions, then might J be

Re: [Jchat] Favorite blog shows global sea level rise per decade isoclines.

2018-03-07 Thread Björn Helgason
it has never been considerated a good idea to build on sand. On 7 Mar 2018 19:17, "David Lambert" wrote: > https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/weaker-gulf-stream-means-t > rouble-coastal-new-england > > This is the cat6 wunderblog started by Jeff Masters of wunderground, >

[Jchat] remix mini

2018-02-25 Thread Björn Helgason
I saw this just now: http://www.jide.com/mini Sounds interesting. I guess J will run on it. -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jchat] the language of the future for the programming of the past

2018-01-10 Thread Björn Helgason
t I think the paucity of GUI apps >>> is >>> primarily due to the focus of the majority of users than the facilities >>> of >>> the language. >>> >>> The GUI's I've developed are far from complex, but I've found them >>> relatively easy and

Re: [Jchat] the language of the future for the programming of the past

2018-01-09 Thread Björn Helgason
of GUIs, there's a place for scripting languages. I'm happy to grant J the distinction of being a superb calculation and scripting language, but for GUIs it happens to be mediocre. On 01/09/2018 03:02 AM, Björn Helgason wrote: JHS is using HTML as a front end. There are numerous ways of interacting with

Re: [Jchat] the language of the future for the programming of the past

2018-01-09 Thread Björn Helgason
JHS is using HTML as a front end. There are numerous ways of interacting with HTML tools. You can see examples and demos doing gui/graphics etc and mixing with javascripts. It may be difficult to distinguish between what is J/Javascript. On 8 Jan 2018 22:13, "Dabrowski, Andrew John"

[Jchat] complexity

2017-11-12 Thread Björn Helgason
It looks like life is not getting any easier. Installing J806 is more complex than ever. linux 32 - 64 - avs - mac 64 dmg - zip - dmg avs - zip avs - rasp

[Jchat] data

2017-05-18 Thread Björn Helgason
I have heard that in the financal community there is a best selling utility that can convert data between different encryptions. As I understand then many small banks and financial institutions are growing having much lower cost than the big banks. In order for exchange of data there is a need

[Jchat] programming with android

2017-05-11 Thread Björn Helgason
I have not been keen on doing long scripts with the android. It is much easier to be able to have windows side by side and send lines between. I needed to do some programming and had no other machine. I have been putting it off and was going to wait until I had another machine. Then I decided to

Re: [Jchat] Help!

2017-04-18 Thread Björn Helgason
([: >./ [: +. ] ^ 0j1 - ]) 0j_10 3.13112e7 On 19 Apr 2017 02:54, "Richard Donovan" wrote: > Can anyone show me how to eliminate having to define z and use it later is > this code snippet? I'm playing code golf and think I can get J to number 1 > if I could lose the extra

Re: [Jchat] GPU APL

2017-03-06 Thread Björn Helgason
Is compiling APL still an issue? Would compiling APL make a difference in selling more? On 6 Mar 2017 11:05, wrote: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13797797 interesting ideas about compiler, GPU, parallel, APL & J

[Jchat] typescript

2016-12-28 Thread Björn Helgason
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/typescript/2016/12/07/announcing-typescript-2-1/ -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

[Jchat] user groups

2016-11-21 Thread Björn Helgason
For people interested in JHS it can be of interest to look for user groups for javascript, html, css. -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jchat] html5

2016-09-12 Thread Björn Helgason
much you can do. My needs are more needs for understanding and then copy/paste. Being long is not really boring. I guess what is needed is a plan to listen on a regular bases a bit at a time and try not to fall asleep too soon. On 9 Sep 2016 13:54, "Björn Helgason" <gos...@gmail.com

[Jchat] html5

2016-09-09 Thread Björn Helgason
I have finally found out how to do the udemy html5 course offline. It is dead easy once you know how to. It really explains the concepts in easy steps. A man talking in the background slowly explaining while typing and showing a browser and notepad++ at the same time. I have been revisting JHS too

Re: [Jchat] The Top Programming Languages 2016

2016-07-27 Thread Björn Helgason
no other apl mentioned there only enterprise and not web On 27 Jul 2016 15:09, "Kenneth Lettow" wrote: > J makes the cut (#44). > > > http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-the-top-programming-languages-2016 >

[Jchat] html5

2016-06-17 Thread Björn Helgason
I am taking steps learning more html5 in order to better understand JHS I enrolled in udemi for free. Hope it is good I am a slow learner. Begin with a course for beginners for html5. -- For information about J forums see

Re: [Jchat] missed opportunities

2015-11-02 Thread Björn Helgason
to get a lot of different simple demos. I am possibly not the best for it. On 2 Nov 2015 13:34, "Raul Miller" <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 4:43 AM, Björn Helgason <gos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What is missing are more and better demos how to us

[Jchat] missed opportunities

2015-11-02 Thread Björn Helgason
We have a great programming language. It has a potential to do a lot. There is a learning barrier. Very many potential users give up. Using J and HTML looks great. What is missing are more and better demos how to use this. How to create forms. How to interact between those two. It is surely

Re: [Jchat] Wher is my x?

2015-10-28 Thread Björn Helgason
&> nms > if. s do. b=. +./"1 b > else. b=. {."1 b end. > nms=. nms #~ n ~: b > end. > ) > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 7:24 AM, Björn Helgason <gos...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Jchat] Wher is my x?

2015-10-28 Thread Björn Helgason
x=.10 names'' NB. where is my x?? 'x'names'' I don't know your x don't ask me y -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jchat] What type?

2015-10-07 Thread Björn Helgason
gt; > 'file' ignores extensions, probing the first few bytes for signatures > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015, 9:45 AM Björn Helgason <gos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is there a utility that can scan through files and tell if they are > films, > > music etc? > > I kno

[Jchat] What type?

2015-10-06 Thread Björn Helgason
Is there a utility that can scan through files and tell if they are films, music etc? I know extensions are indications of what they are. I am thinking about if it is possible to get a util that can read parts or whole files and decide what they are.

Re: [Jchat] What type?

2015-10-06 Thread Björn Helgason
gt; > 'file' ignores extensions, probing the first few bytes for signatures > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015, 9:45 AM Björn Helgason <gos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is there a utility that can scan through files and tell if they are > films, > > music etc? > > I kno

Re: [Jchat] What type?

2015-10-06 Thread Björn Helgason
read this better when I get back home. On 6 Oct 2015 15:03, "Dan Bron" wrote: > Bjorn asked: > > I am thinking about if it is possible to get a util that > > can read parts or whole files and decide what they are. > > Raul wrote: > > If you are on linux, the 'file' utility will do

Re: [Jchat] [Jgeneral] jqt, smoutput and wd'msgs'

2015-06-15 Thread Björn Helgason
to enable this. Your comment makes me wonder if you are aware of some app or feature that might help. Thanks, On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: I sometimes make a combined output which can take outside instruction to direct info to screen, log or file

Re: [Jchat] Hamlet's number

2015-05-05 Thread Björn Helgason
bb +. -. bb =. ? bb +: bb =: ? On 3 May 2015 19:04, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: 2b +. -. 2b On 3 May 2015 11:43, Brian Schott schott.br...@gmail.com wrote: 2b2kewl 333 On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Raul Miller rauldmil...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, maybe you had

Re: [Jchat] Hamlet's number

2015-05-05 Thread Björn Helgason
that is the question On 5 May 2015 08:05, Raul Miller rauldmil...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm... I guess names are replaced by their definitions when they get assigned. -- Raul On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:53 AM, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: bb +. -. bb =. ? bb +: bb =: ? On 3 May

Re: [Jchat] Turtle Graphics

2014-12-07 Thread Björn Helgason
with this info. I only now discovered this info and have not had time to try it out yet but it looks good. On 6 Dec 2014 15:12, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: I have been playing with the turtles a bit. Getting ideas what to try from the old lab. It is very interesting to try this out and I

Re: [Jchat] Turtle Graphics

2014-12-02 Thread Björn Helgason
and run main as instructed. Looks great! On 1 Dec 2014 14:51, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: I downloaded the tgsjhs files and tested it briely. This looks amazing. I have to study it a bit. I did find a lab even if it does not show up in the selection. Looks like it needs some

[Jchat] Turtle Graphics

2014-11-27 Thread Björn Helgason
I remember seeing something about tgsjhs and am interested in trying it out. Where/how do I find and use it? Is there a lab/demo available? -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jchat] Turtle Graphics

2014-11-27 Thread Björn Helgason
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2014-October/039802.html --- (B=) On Nov 27, 2014, at 10:10 AM, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: I remember seeing something about tgsjhs and am interested in trying it out. Where/how do I find and use it? Is there a lab/demo

Re: [Jchat] fif

2014-09-26 Thread Björn Helgason
-803/bin/QtQml j64-803/bin/QtQuick j64-803/bin/QtQuick.2 I have not looked at what fif is doing that it did not give you this information. Thanks, -- Raul On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 3:13 AM, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: I was using fif to try to find the screen used to look

Re: [Jchat] fif

2014-09-26 Thread Björn Helgason
more powerful and expressive than forms and/or screens. However, there' a fun factor associated with the more glossy presentations. Perhaps a large part of that fun is exploring the glitches that result? Thanks, -- Raul On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote

[Jchat] fif

2014-09-25 Thread Björn Helgason
I was using fif to try to find the screen used to look for things with fif. I did find the jhsfif and that js nice. I did not find the qt screens. The text Search from the screen did not show up in a search. Can someone please tell me where the qt screens and the qtfif application is?

Re: [Jchat] Programming contest

2014-09-17 Thread Björn Helgason
I do not see pousse in the demo selection in 8.02.10 win64 On Sep 17, 2014 6:33 AM, Jon Hough jgho...@outlook.com wrote: Is there, or has there ever been an official J programming contest? I was just browsing dyalog APL's contest and thought it would be good to emulate that with J. Not with

Re: [Jchat] windows process priority?

2014-08-11 Thread Björn Helgason
AI is supposed to be clever and do things for you. Fact is it is often stupid and does things to you. __---_ https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!forum/havaogskulamal On 10 Aug 2014 13:58, Raul Miller rauldmil...@gmail.com wrote: I have noticed, recently, that when I manually

Re: [Jchat] Turing Test success marks milestone in computing history

2014-06-09 Thread Björn Helgason
Put the AI into a latex doll and.. On 9 Jun 2014 08:50, Jack Andrews effb...@gmail.com wrote: Nice one, Donna. The funniest thing I ever read about the Turing test (well, it wasn't written in terms of that test, but I refer to it as the reverse Turing test)... A hotel wanted to keep up

[Jchat] phrases

2014-06-06 Thread Björn Helgason
The phrases are great. There is a short description what each does. For some people that is enough and a great source of ideas. It would be interesting to have a long description explaning each in detail and what it is doing as well as giving examples of its use.

Re: [Jchat] phrases

2014-06-06 Thread Björn Helgason
phrasal usage in a NuVoc page. Perhaps further sorted by syntactic usage. i think the phrases are the most useful source for such a treatment, but other corpuses of good usage might also be so mined. greg ~krsnadas.org -- from: Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com to: Chat forum

Re: [Jchat] Tutorial documentation

2014-05-29 Thread Björn Helgason
') too On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: It would be interesting to have a facility in J to send requests to jsoftware and get automatic answers. Lets say the verb would be running at the user. The user would type: faq 1 and get back

Re: [Jchat] Tutorial documentation

2014-05-28 Thread Björn Helgason
a better infrastructure for new labs then the old will gradually move to it. On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: I do like the labs as is so using spx is a good idea but not change the labs that are now. Make new tutorial system using new features

Re: [Jchat] Bitcoin and Iceland

2014-04-07 Thread Björn Helgason
is close to zero. Same as for the dollar only a bit faster melting. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 7.4.2014 07:49, Richard Hill hil...@melbpc.org.au wrote: Are the new crypto-currencies a fertile field for algorithm J-unkies? Perhaps our Icelandic friend might comment. He is 30

Re: [Jchat] Bitcoin and Iceland

2014-04-07 Thread Björn Helgason
I did not and do not have a question about these new currencies. They will need time to prove themself or wither away. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 7.4.2014 16:56, Raul Miller rauldmil...@gmail.com wrote: I've a friend who has been making a profit on cryptocurrencies. He's

Re: [Jchat] calculator

2014-04-04 Thread Björn Helgason
Any info on when console will be available? jqt works a bit but freezes often so it is not really very useful yet. The demos in jqt are great but editing files is problematic. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 11.1.2014 10:11, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: I highly

Re: [Jchat] Hmm...

2014-03-31 Thread Björn Helgason
I have been involved in epidemiology for decades. Lot of numbers and many interpretations. Lot of problems with gathering correct long term data. Lot of factors involved. Difficult to make intelligent guess based on the stats. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 31.3.2014 07:17

Re: [Jchat] Teaching J - publicly-available JHS?

2014-03-24 Thread Björn Helgason
more. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 23.3.2014 16:27, Devon McCormick devon...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in a teaching workshop in which we should present an example lesson plan at the end. I'd like to do a J example but really need to allow people to do hands-on usage and it's

[Jchat] old machines

2014-03-04 Thread Björn Helgason
and the windowes become strethced but it is nice to have the same on all. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Re: [Jchat] APL character support (moved to Chat)

2014-02-28 Thread Björn Helgason
What you can easily do is create names for the signs you want to use. If you want you could do NB. and/or some Unicode picture to replace that name and toggle between the three representations. Unicode pictures include chess pieces polarbeers etc - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn

Re: [Jchat] APL character support (moved to Chat)

2014-02-28 Thread Björn Helgason
u:i.16 16 is what I used to expect 16 16$a. to be - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 28.2.2014 01:54, chris burke cbu...@jsoftware.com wrote: The problem I am trying to point out is that the characters in _128{.a fall in a no-man's land. They are ambiguous. Sometimes

Re: [Jchat] games

2014-02-23 Thread Björn Helgason
of it. I have been making money out of working with tourism and it seems to be growing like many entertainment industries. Fluctuates quite a bit. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 23.2.2014 14:09, Raul Miller rauldmil...@gmail.com wrote: games covers a lot of ground. Football

Re: [Jchat] [Jprogramming] J in 5 minutes

2014-02-23 Thread Björn Helgason
much. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 23.2.2014 16:13, Raul Miller rauldmil...@gmail.com wrote: I gave up using a mac, because of touchpad physics issues. I sometimes peel an orange or wash my hands and the touchpad I had acted up for days after it got the slightest bit moist. So

Re: [Jchat] touchQuery

2014-02-17 Thread Björn Helgason
You can use J on Androids and you can program touch with JQT. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 17.2.2014 11:45, Ni Bo nicolaebor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I found these videos on youtube and thought to share: http://www.youtube.com/user/touchquery?feature=watch. The touch

Re: [Jchat] Contract J Programming job

2014-01-29 Thread Björn Helgason
There is a very good xml addon that is easy to use and can extract data. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 29.1.2014 19:59, Skip Cave s...@caveconsulting.com wrote: All, I have a project where I need to parse and analyze a large number of log files. The logs contain audio files

Re: [Jchat] calculator

2014-01-11 Thread Björn Helgason
be an idea. - Björn Helgason gsm:6985532 skype:gosiminn On 9.1.2014 19:43, Michael Dykman mdyk...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in the same place as you as far as projects. Early in my J career, I played with them long enough to appreciate how simple they are, but then never used them again. I made

Re: [Jchat] calculator

2014-01-09 Thread Björn Helgason
Dykman mdyk...@gmail.com wrote: Björn, Which version of android is that? I am still carrying around an old clunker that will not upgrade past 2.3.5 but expect to upgrade soon. On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: I got an update of the Android

Re: [Jchat] calculator

2014-01-09 Thread Björn Helgason
to find some time to do some updates and maybe integrate Qt (which Chris has given me leave to do), but have not been able to find sufficient time to get any momentum on the task. On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Björn Helgason gos...@gmail.com wrote: It is 4.3 A lot changed between 4.2

Re: [Jchat] eli

2013-12-29 Thread Björn Helgason
From the pages about eli (J is both free and uses ASCII characters but it is more terse and difficult to learn than APL). I do not share this view but many people do. I think it important to get rid of this notion. Very many people use APL and J to show how you can solve tasks using as few

Re: [Jchat] ymacs

2013-07-15 Thread Björn Helgason
I finally had time to read this and I also looked up how to use emacs on the Android. Since I got the Android my use of other computers has gone down to almost nothing. Unfortunately that has also meant a lot less J than before. I have been hoping for a J with the option of interacting with

Re: [Jchat] ymacs

2013-07-10 Thread Björn Helgason
thx for this looks interesting On Jul 9, 2013 10:33 AM, Raul Miller rauldmil...@gmail.com wrote: jhs might use http://www.ymacs.org/ Does anyone still use jhs? -- Raul -- For information about J forums see

Re: [Jchat] [Jprogramming] Testing consecutive pairs of primes

2013-05-12 Thread Björn Helgason
subprime? On May 12, 2013 11:51 AM, Henry Rich henryhr...@nc.rr.com wrote: I don't quite get the problem statement. r =. (p+q)%2 is between p and q; so if p and q are CONSECUTIVE primes, r cannot be prime. Henry -- For

Re: [Jchat] J on Julia benchmark

2013-05-11 Thread Björn Helgason
. -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: gos...@gmail.com gsm: +3546985532 twitter: @flugfiskur http://groups.google.com/group/J

Re: [Jchat] J on Julia benchmark

2013-05-11 Thread Björn Helgason
(maybe even lynx). So it gives optimal balance of inconveniences given their distribution of user skills. -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- Björn Helgason