Bob, Thanks very much for the encouragement and the suggestions.
If I were to plot more, 2 variations come to mind: non-uniform payments, and different interest rates. The first would just mean changing the values of p, the latter might require a new adverb based on upd; something like vupd =. adverb : '(m*bal)-pmt' 1.05 vupd/\.p,10000 Yes? On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:52 AM, robert therriault <bobtherria...@mac.com>wrote: > Hi Brian, > > I think that tangents are not a bad thing if it allows us to get the > message across in a more precise way. With the jwiki entry, I am wondering > if it may be a good idea to play a little more with the tool that you have > built. It seems to me that if I am a viewer who is really interested in > using J, the reason is that I want to be able to break down and play with > my own interest calculator. You do a good job of explaining the process of > how J can be used and the plot example at the end hints of being able to > more. It might be as simple as using the plot to plot more than one curve > based on different payment parameters and in that way reveal why you might > want to take the effort to learn how the language works. > > Cheers, bob > > On Feb 21, 2014, at 8:27 AM, Brian Schott <schott.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > In light of the various proposals regarding J-in-5, my contribution seems > > very tangential, but there may be an audience for this approach as well. > > Initially I envisioned a screencast, for the essay, but have had some > > difficulty with producing the screencast and have elected to make a jwiki > > entry. Please provide feedback. > > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/BrianSchott/Essay/J-in-5 > > > > I am preparing a very rough draft screencast at the following link, but > it > > will not be available for a few hours, at best. > > > > http://youtu.be/eq5UZAt84ro > > > > > > -- > > > > (B=) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- (B=) <-----my sig Brian Schott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
