[Jprogramming] [Jgeneral] "J In A Day" --crits please

[Björn Helgason]

By forcing J to do ordinary math is nothing very simple.

By demoing how a form can be made to look like a simple calculator is
simple.

2010/11/11 Sherlock, Ric <R.G.Sherlock at massey.ac.nz>

> [Moved to Programming forum]
>
> I think the point is that the focus should be on the code not the app. IMO
> the app should be something simple that the reader is immediately familiar
> with and doesn't require any learning/thinking to use.
>
> If there is demand for a J-based pocket calculator, by all means provide
> one (could be released as an addon), but I wouldn't complicate the demo.
>
>
> > From: Ian Clark
> > Sent: Friday, 12 November 2010 07:51
> >
> > Yes, but then it wouldn't be a "simple" pocket calculator...
> >
> > But thinking about it for the moment, if HP can sell a
> > "reverse-Polish" scientific calculator, then why not a "tacit J" one?
> >
> > Can you think of a useful but small set of keys? Not sure I'd want a
> > keyboard with all 133 primitives. :-)  But something handier than a
> > typewriter keyboard else it's just another command-line JFE.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
> > 2010/11/11 Björn Helgason <gosinn at gmail.com>:
> > > I would like to have a pocket calculator with J on it so they could
> > be
> > > useful
> > >
> > > 2010/11/2 Sherlock, Ric <R.G.Sherlock at massey.ac.nz>
> > >
> > >> > From: Björn Helgason
> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, 2 November 2010 22:18
> > >> >
> > >> > As far as I am concerned it is an advantage that it uses J
> > conventions.
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> I can understand that.
> > >> I'm just saying that if the intention of the demo application is to
> > emulate
> > >> a simple pocket calculator, then using J conventions won't be
> > suitable.
> > >>
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> > >
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> > >     ,--'    _,'   | Dagurinn í dag                     |
> > >    /       /       | Enn betri en gærdagurinn  |
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Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur
Fornustekkum II
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Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans

góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum
          /|_      .-----------------------------------.
         ,'  .\  /  | Með léttri lund verður        |
     ,--'    _,'   | Dagurinn í dag                     |
    /       /       | Enn betri en gærdagurinn  |
   (   -.  |        `-----------------------------------'
   |     ) |         (\_ _/)
  (`-.  '--.)       (='.'=)   ♖♘♗♕♔♙
   `. )----'        (")_(") ☃☠