Re: [Jchat] IEEE Top programming languages 2018

2018-08-09 Thread Bernie Eckhart
Hello, I am new here, and very sceptical about articles and things similar to websites like that of the IEEE. Such remind me of a well known book "How to lie with statistics". No one here is being called a liar by me. For me, it's impossible not to think of sayings like: --if your only tool is

Re: [Jchat] IEEE Top programming languages 2018

2018-08-10 Thread Bernie Eckhart
t; traditional programming languages. > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 7:57 PM Bernie Eckhart > wrote: > > > Hello, I am new here, and very sceptical about articles and things > similar > > to websites like that of the IEEE. > > > > Such remind me of a well

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2018-09-05 Thread Bernie Eckhart
I was trying to find archives in case the internet is eating emails from c...@jsoftware.com . WHERE are c...@jsoftware.com archives stored? Are they public? Thank you. Cheers, Bernie -- For information about J forums see

[Jchat] Happy almost prime 2019!

2018-12-31 Thread Bernie Eckhart
1, 3, 673, 2019 4 factors is almost a prime. Let's denote only 4 factor numbers like 2019, i.e. every factor is a unique integer that occurs only once, as "almost a prime" number. A problem is to compute efficiently all "almost a prime" numbers between 1 and any given prime number. Almost

Re: [Jchat] the advantage of J

2019-09-25 Thread Bernie Eckhart
as a non-mathemation, seems obvious to me, reading left to right, we have thing divided by an expression expanding the expression give 8; except for zero divided by zero, value divided by same value is AFAIK always ONE, if this were a sentence, 8 is the subject divided by is the verb, and

Re: [Jchat] the advantage of J

2019-09-28 Thread Bernie Eckhart
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 3:47 PM Devon McCormick > > > wrote: > > > > Why do you think the thing to right of "8รท" is anything other than > "2"? > > > > What rule says multiplication comes before division? > > > > > > > > On

[Jchat] What product(s) do you use to distribute J?

2019-11-14 Thread Bernie Eckhart
There are many products that are used to distribute software to end users. Some are free, some are not free. Some are open source, some are not open source. Some may even be cross platform. What product(s) are use to package and deliver J? Bernie

Re: [Jchat] What product(s) do you use to distribute J?

2019-11-16 Thread Bernie Eckhart
atisfied with it. > > > However, when a friend expressed interest in trying it out, I realized > > how > > > non-portable it is. In fact, the simplest thing would be for me to > give > > > him all my own code, comprising a little over 2 MB, as t

Re: [Jchat] Etymology of ijs filename suffix

2019-10-08 Thread Bernie Eckhart
if search engine providers put more effort into analysis of context and association of content than their endeavers to maximize advertising revenue, one might more successfully get substantially decent results. it's easy to image searching for just the letter c and being delivered a list of

Re: [Jchat] J3C programmers

2020-01-07 Thread Bernie Eckhart
Did Roger Hui retire? On Sat., Jan. 4, 2020, 09:26 R.E. Boss, wrote: > The value of what Rich has done for J (and Jsoftware) cannot be > overestimated. > His impressing book which was invaluable for me as well, and then came > Dissect, followed by Nuvoc and finally, he ended as a chief

Re: [Jchat] John Conway

2020-04-25 Thread Bernie Eckhart
John Conway lost the Game of Life to COVID-19 on April 11th. https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/04/14/mathematician-john-horton-conway-magical-genius-known-inventing-game-life-dies-age On Thu., Apr. 23, 2020, 10:27 Robert Bernecky, wrote: > fyi > >

[Jchat] Stephen Wolfram's single theory of everything...

2020-04-25 Thread Bernie Eckhart
Stephen Wolfram* created Mathematica (influenced by LISP and APL): https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/new-theory-of-everything-unites-quantum-mechanics-with-relativity-and-much *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wolfram

Re: [Jchat] Raspberry pi?

2020-11-21 Thread Bernie Eckhart
https://www.zdnet.com/article/raspberry-pi-400-is-out-70-for-a-complete-pc-with-a-faster-pi-4-in-a-keyboard/?ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b=270924590690520001064770973226 Can Raspberry pi run Windows? On Fri., Nov. 20, 2020, 08:56 Robert Bernecky, wrote: > Hi, Mike, > > I have several Pi machines kicking

Re: [Jchat] [Jprogramming] rank of sin is _ ?

2021-01-17 Thread Bernie Eckhart
A natural language is one that evolves naturally like English, often over centuries. The opposite is artificial languages which are mainly designed by homo sapiens and are likely to be constrained by usage rules; an application could be crafted to create artificial languages. Esperanto is a fine

Re: [Jchat] [Jprogramming] rank of sin is _ ?

2021-01-17 Thread Bernie Eckhart
my reply contains a distinctive example in the typo "naturnal" ... typos are annoyances in natural and artificial languages; homo sapiens can often still get "the message" in spite of typos. OTOH a typo in code is often a game disruptor. On Mon., Jan. 18, 2021, 00:08 Be

[Jchat] Roger Hui's birth date?

2021-10-24 Thread Bernie Eckhart
Sad about Roger; Wikipedia does not give his actual birthdate, just the year. From what did Roger die? -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm