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

[Roger Hui]

I doubt that Devon presented the whole thing.
I suspect that he whetted the audience's interest
sufficiently so that they'd study the rest of
the excellent presentation at their own leisure.



----- Original Message -----
From: Björn Helgason <gosinn at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:18
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Shout out for Devon's Latest Wiki Posting
To: Programming forum <programming at jsoftware.com>

> 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
> > >>>