The first of those two is nicely done. However -- and here I play a Devil's advocate -- is the example all that impressive? Yes, the function "leap" he defines is fairly terse. But even terser, in a certain language I also use, is the pre-defined function:
LeapYearQ Moreover, while that Kona demo clearly builds on the methods used to define a factorial function so as to build the leap function, isn't it a bit off-putting for many programmers so have to worry about defining a factorial function. I don't know whether Kona has such a function built in, but J certainly does. The issue here is what level programming one is trying to do, of course. On 15 Feb 2014 08:13:10 -0500, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the ultimate 5 minute experience is a combination of: > > 1. Video > > - Here is Kona's intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmiq47E5N-w and > - Here is a Kona's "wow" factor: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBXsCeW9qfc(we could do the same with > the latest websockets implementation fairly > easily I think) . . . —— Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 240 246-7240 (H) University of Massachusetts 710 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01003-9305 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
