I would not worry too much about "the J way of thinking" -- J is a tools, but it's not the only tool.
Setting aside a bit of time -- maybe half an hour a day, several days a week -- is good for picking up the skills involved with using a tool. In the context of J that would be time spent working through some of the J labs, and maybe tackling some small interesting and/or fun seeming projects. But once you understand the concepts, they'll seem simple and ordinary. So it's not worth waiting for some "magic moment". Instead, focus on your interests, see if you can make J useful there, and talk about your issues if that seems fruitful. Good luck, -- Raul On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 4:22 PM Steven Harris <st...@stevenharris.info> wrote: > > Well Brian that is my motivation for J too, but so far I have not been able > to make any significant progress into the J way of thinking. > > I'm nearly on the point of admission defeat here. > > Cheers > > Steven. > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 06:52, Brian Schott <schott.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > One of the main reasons I have continued to use J has been because of all > > the powerful primitives and because of the mental challenge of using the > > primitives effectively. For me I imagine J is almost like a video game for > > the younger generation: it is a challenge with great rewards and unmatched > > community support. > > > > So I wonder if this is a suitably distinct feature set or if others > > believe they get a similar result and satisfaction from other programming > > languages? > > -- > > (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
