> Finally, I'd like to address the point Ian Clark mentioned about APL, that > its daunting aspect evokes reactions against it, by pointing to how the > underlying simplicity helps harness considerable power. Maybe this will > motivate people to spend enough time on J to get past the initial > awkwardness and befuddlement that many people seem to feel.
I think you're right, Devon. I was fascinated by the features you chose to shopwindow. You can forgive a language a lot of opacity if you see it looping in one short expression and applying the slickest stopping-rule I've ever met in a computer language. Opacity soon goes away -- especially if you define suitable cover functions. Prolixity never does. Ian On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > The organizer says he'll have either a Mac or an Ubuntu laptop available, so > that would make it difficult to plan to do any kind of live demo. Also, > there are supposed to be something like 17 presenters, so time constraints > are tight and mandate use of the one laptop. > > I probably have 15 minutes worth of "hello, world" variations, but I like > the way I've done it because the problem is so trivial that it really should > be put in its place. > > My intention is to emphasize the power and ease-of-use of J, how it lets me > get things done quickly. I'd also like to motivate people to try it by > showing how easy it is to get results, hence the graphs, and the potential > power of being able to write something as advanced as a solver in a single > line. > > Finally, I'd like to address the point Ian Clark mentioned about APL, that > its daunting aspect evokes reactions against it, by pointing to how the > underlying simplicity helps harness considerable power. Maybe this will > motivate people to spend enough time on J to get past the initial > awkwardness and befuddlement that many people seem to feel. > > Thanks for all the suggestions but the main problem is delivering a coherent > message in five minutes - I have enough small, interesting examples to fill > an hour. Maybe if I can get enough curiosity aroused, I'll get a lengthier > forum. > > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 9:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > going to present at the Language Slapdown ( >> > http://www.meetup.com/Language-Slapdown/) on Wednesday. >> > Please feel free to >take a look and comment. >> >> Are you really forced to use static slides? >> >> ... > > -- > Devon McCormick, CFA > ^me^ at acm. > org is my > preferred e-mail > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
