Cliff Reiter's coverage of Mandelbrot is in Part 1 of Fractals Visualization and J, not part 2.
https://www.lulu.com/shop/clifford-reiter/fractals-visualization-and-j-fourth-edition-part-1/ebook/product-22579555.html (pdf) https://www.lulu.com/shop/clifford-reiter/fractals-visualization-and-j-fourth-edition-part-1/paperback/product-1er6njw4.html (printed) There's other links for the printed copy, also... -- Raul On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 1:03 AM 'robert therriault' via General <gene...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > > Present: Art Anger, Devon McCormick, Raul Miller, Bob Therriault > > 1) We started with a look at the page that Devon had put together called > "Proposed Wiki Emphasis" > https://code2.jsoftware.com/wiki/User:Devon_McCormick/ProposedWikiEmphasis > that would be an overview of the wiki priorities. Bob had added a link for > this page to the sidebar links on the yellow wiki > https://code2.jsoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page to make it easier to get feedback > from users as the J wiki moves forward. > > 2) Raul had asked about whether Bob had resolved the issue about the missing > essays with Chris Burke. Bob had not, but he and Chris had been discussing > the conditions of addon information on the wiki. Chris had requested add-on > description's updated as well as some instruction on how to create new > addons. Chris was not available for this meeting, but will be available for > the August 18th meeting to discuss the addon challenges in more depth. Bob > has marked the missing essays with asterisks and will include that > information in the update video, so that the categorization can begin before > the missing videos are transferred. > > 3) Devon mentioned that it would be a good idea to get some Mandelbrot images > that look good and would promote J to users. Raul mentioned Cliff Reiter's > book > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Books#Fractals.2C_Visualization_.26_J.2C_4th_ed._.282_Parts.29 > and Bob mentioned the articles that Cliff had done in Vector > http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10501110 (ed. Also articles in Journal of J > http://journalofj.com/index.php/vol-6-no-1-june-2018). > > 4) Further discussion about addons that may be out of date and if there might > be an "Archived" folder that would hold addons that were no longer > functional, but that might be useful for code that might be mined for other > projects. > > 5) Some discussion about a high definition J log with shading that had been > requested on the APL Farm discord and Rik Sherlock had later provided. (ed. > The high definition image is available here > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/File:Jlogo_hires.png) This SVG version > overcomes the issues with upscaled image files in jpg or png format rendering > differently in different browsers. SVG allows hinting with text and there are > proposals for hinting for other types of images. Devon wonders if text > hinting could be leveraged for the logo? > > 6) There was a discussion about conferences and the recent Meet-ups for APL > in Toronto > https://www.meetup.com/Programming-Languages-Toronto-Meetup/events/287695788/?response=3&action=rsvp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze_canvas&utm_campaign=mmrk_alleng_event_announcement_prod_v6_en&utm_term=promo&utm_content=lp_meetup > > and New York > https://www.meetup.com/Programming-Languages-Toronto-Meetup/events/287729348/?response=3&action=rsvp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze_canvas&utm_campaign=mmrk_alleng_event_announcement_prod_v6_en&utm_term=promo&utm_content=lp_meetup > . > > This discussion also referenced the recent ArrayCast podcast > https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode33-joao-araujo that had a lot of > discussion about the Tools of Thought community, which is involved in > mindmaps, and how receptive they might be to array programming languages. > > For access to previous meeting reports > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Wiki_Development > > If you would like to participate in the development of the J wiki please > contact us on the general forum and we will get you an invitation to the next > J wiki meeting held on Thursdays at 23:00 (UTC) Next meeting is August 18th, > 2022. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
