If you think you could introduce that adverb without overwhelming the viewer, then I do think that kind of flexibility would be a real motivator for learning J, but I must emphasize that I am not within your target audience so take my feedback with a bag of salt.
Cheers, bob On Feb 21, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Brian Schott <schott.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
