[Jprogramming] Advent of code newbie

Sat Dec 9 18:07:50 UTC 2023

Richard, I thought that you referring to the J wiki page, since that was the link that you included. Not much I can do about Advent of Code's website. :-) 

I suppose that you could drop them an email with some suggestions for improvement. 

Cheers, bob

> On Dec 9, 2023, at 10:01, Richard Donovan <rsdonovan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob!
> 
> I have a problem with the light green and white font on the Advent of Code website. It's acceptable on my iPad but very unclear (to me) on my Windows laptop which is my main J computer.
> 
> Thanks, Richard
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> Hi Richard,
> 
> What part of the display do you find difficult to read? Is it contrast or font size or colour or layout? If you are on a Mac you have a lot of control over this with the Accessibility settings (well not layout).
> 
> Perhaps if you gave a link to a page that you do not find difficult to read, it could be useful.
> 
> Cheers, bob
> 
>> On Dec 9, 2023, at 05:49, Raul Miller <rauldmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It does accomplish the same thing, and is more concise (and, thus, for
>> many people (though not all) easier to read).
>> 
>> That said, I would keep in mind that the AoC puzzle framework
>> encourages quick solutions and throwaway code, and many of the
>> implementations are going to favor a low investment of development
>> time over polished design.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> --
>> Raul
>> 
>> On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 8:45 AM Richard Donovan <rsdonovan at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi. Just dipping into Advent of Code for the first time.
>>> 
>>> Firstly, I find the colour scheme very difficult to read and wondering if it's changeable?
>>> 
>>> Secondly, looking at the J wiki solution for the first ever AOC in 2015, the very first problem is solved by (in effect) the following code:
>>> 
>>> +/ 1 _1 +/ .* '()'=/test=:'(((()'
>>> 
>>> Which works fine, but I'm wondering if
>>> 
>>> -/+/"1 '()'=/test=:'(((()'
>>> 
>>> doesn't do the same thing and (for me) seems easier to follow?
>>> 
>>> NB. J wiki link Essays/Advent Of Code - J Wiki (jsoftware.com)<https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffd.xuwubk.eu.org%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fcode.jsoftware.com%2Fwiki%2FEssays%2FAdvent_Of_Code%23Part_1&data=05%7C02%7C%7C7f2292e4a66b4ee852e208dbf8d67c81%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638377372340928927%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Y8RpmT6uh9SSGehYxehVVEQiVq023rjsjwxSD7%2BYzHk%3D&reserved=0>
>>> 
>>> What am I missing?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
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