He came to ignore to ignore it as a criticism and took it as a compliment. :-)
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Jose Mario Quintana < jose.mario.quint...@gmail.com> wrote: > He came to ignore it, to take it as a compliment, or both > (http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2010-September/020457.html > )? > ;) > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Roger Hui <rogerhui.can...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Is this a blessing or a curse? > > > > If you are a fan, it's a blessing; if not, it's a curse. Ken told me > that > > he was sometimes accused of including this or that primitive specifically > > for particular problems (and that's why the notation does so well on > those > > problems). But when the accusation was leveled in problem after problem > he > > came to ignore it. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:47 AM, R.E. Boss <r.e.b...@planet.nl> wrote: > > > >> > Van: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com [mailto: > >> programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] Namens Raul Miller > >> > Verzonden: woensdag 29 augustus 2012 1:17 > >> > > >> > One interesting issue, here, is that the concise expression in J is > >> > not because J was specifically optimized for this task, but because J > >> > has so many expressions which can be used for this task. > >> > >> Is this a blessing or a curse? > >> > >> > >> > But some people had expressed confusion, about how to read one of my > >> drafts: > >> > > >> > f=:[:|:((i.|.-.)~(a.{~65 97+/i.26)&(*@#.@e.,@#[))"0 > >> > > >> > So I thought I'd spend a few moments going over its grammar. This may > >> > feel tedious if you have already figured out how that sentence works. > >> > > >> (...) > >> > >> Perhaps this could be transformed in an essay on Wiki, together with the > >> description of the other ideas. > >> > >> > >> R.E. Boss > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
