[Jprogramming] Shout out for Devon's Latest Wiki Posting

[Björn Helgason]

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 <earthspotty at gmail.com>

> > 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) <juneaftn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Devon McCormick <devonmcc at gmail.com>
> 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 <KLettow at thomasnet.com
> >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: programming-bounces at jsoftware.com
> >>> [mailto:programming-bounces at jsoftware.com] 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
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> John D. Baker
> >>> bakerjd99 at gmail.com
> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Devon McCormick, CFA
> >> ^me^ at acm.
> >> org is my
> >> preferred e-mail
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >>
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