Brian, I think there's error in a couple of places. When I try (10000*1.05^3)-1000*(1-~1.05^3)%0.05
I get 8423.75 and not 3711.05 that's listed on that page. Otherwise it looks good! Thanks, Vijay On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:03 PM, robert therriault <bobtherria...@mac.com>wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
