JHS is using HTML as a front end. There are numerous ways of interacting with HTML tools. You can see examples and demos doing gui/graphics etc and mixing with javascripts. It may be difficult to distinguish between what is J/Javascript.
On 8 Jan 2018 22:13, "Dabrowski, Andrew John" <[email protected]> wrote: > After reading "Algebra as Language" and "Computers and Mathematical > Notation", I'm starting to see J the perfect language for numerical > computation. But for general purpose programming I can see Dijkstra's > point. > > When APL was designed computers were seen largely as calculating > machines. But by the 1970s GUIs were starting to be developed, and > computers were being applied in areas where tensors were no longer adequate > as the sole data structure. One thing general purpose programming > languages must have is extensibility, and that J lacks. > > I'm trying to work out what the appropriate use cases are for J, and I > think it's calculating with tensors. If you need more than tensors, or if > you need more than calculation (e.g. GUIs), J is not a good choice. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
