The new NuVoc is twice revised from the previous version: first I added
technical details, then Ian rewrote it all to achieve that
'straightforward style', aimed at the programmer who is trying to get a
job done. It's easy reading, achieved by careful writing: simple
presentation of concepts with examples, using typography as a framework
for the flow of ideas. You also need formatting conventions that don't
perplex a novice, a page design that both lets the beginner understand a
primitive at a glance and gives the expert full detail, and enough
hyperlinks and supporting material to bring a newcomer along.
It was an eye-opening apprenticeship for me to see him do it. Writing
this kind of material is very different from writing a book.
Henry Rich
On 6/26/2014 8:41 AM, Simon Barker wrote:
I also would like to say a big thank you for what is turning out to be a
work of great depth and richness. Really enjoying reading it, the
presentation and straightforward style are just encouraging me to keep
reading. A true page turner!
Kind regards,
Simon
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Sent: 26 June 2014 12:11
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Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Announcing NuVoc, Version Two
Thanks, John.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 4:02 PM, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
Ian,
I have been following NuVoc revisions for sometime. Let me be the
first to express my thanks for everyone that has worked on NuVoc. This
is is an excellent explication and recasting of the J dictionary.
Eveyone at all levels of J expertise will find something of value in
NuVoc. Just this morning it reminded me of _: and p.. facilities I
sort off knew were there J but I have not used lately.
Well done everyone!
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
This post is a formal announcement of NuVoc, Version 2.
For the details, go to
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/AboutNuVoc
This saves rambling on about what is quite adequately covered there.
But one thing deserves to be repeated...
Thanks are due to Ric Sherlock, who designed the NuVoc portal and
drafted trial layouts for the primitives-pages, to others who
contributed pages
and
pioneered presentational ideas, notably Devon McCormick, David
Lambert,
Bob
Therriault and Dan Bron, plus several others who commented on
material
and
offered encouragement. (Apologies to any significant contributors
whose names have been omitted.)
But most of all, my heartfelt thanks to Henry Rich, at whose
instigation this major revision was undertaken, and whose monumental
and meticulous labors over the past half-year to make it happen have
been truly
Herculean!
But, as I'm sure you'll agree, by no means Sisyphean :-)
Ian Clark
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