Bill - my suggestion is that you find out what they want to do and help them tackle real problems. To this end, it's important to make them aware of the various data I/O facilities - not just Tara, but also 'csv' and ODBC access. Also, the 'images' library is useful. In a related vein, I found Cliff Reiter's work on filling in missing image data - see http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~reiterc/mvq/bafrmid/index.html - very impressive.
A recurring problem we talk about in NYCJUG is finding what's available - there's a wealth of material but it sometimes is hidden because of the way we talk about it - we have our own peculiar math-centric vocabulary. I'm intrigued that there's a couple of programs - mentioned on the J Wiki - written by people we've not heard from before or since. Obviously they were able to accomplish something with J even without knowing the language well. I'm thinking in particular of this implementation of diffusion-limited aggregation - http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Studio/Gallery/DLA - which I've used as a starting point to try to demonstrate how code can be made more J-like to take advantage of its strengths - and this implementation of a 2-D convex hull: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/convexHull . Good luck, Devon On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Bill Harris < [email protected]> wrote: > David Mitchell <[email protected]> writes: > > > Here is one example of what I find useful with J: > > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Scripts/WeatherPlot > > David, > > Thanks. I found it useful, too, although it may not be what my > colleagues need at the very start. > > Bill > -- > Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ > Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA > http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 374-1845 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
