You might search for "Beginner's Regatta" on the J wiki to see if the beginner-oriented sections of our NYCJUG meetings are helpful.
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 7:44 PM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
