That one hurts terribly to read. I must concur in spirit with H's assessment. But the quotation has me won- dering, is this thread trying to find a new name for 'J"?
Roger Hui wrote: > By the way, Ernest Hemingway once wrote a 6-word > short story: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. > Supposedly he called it his best work ever. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roger Hui<[email protected]> > Date: Friday, June 10, 2011 9:27 > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] One word description of J > To: Programming forum<[email protected]> > >> jtweet=: 0 : 0 >> J is a programming language that works with >> arrays, verbs, and adverbs. For example, >> +/x computes the sum of array x and /:~x sorts it. >> ) >> >> # jtweet >> 138 >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dan Bron<[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, June 10, 2011 9:12 >> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] One word description of J >> To: 'Programming forum'<[email protected]> >> >>>> Why is the description restricted to one word? >>> >>> Why are haikus restricted to 17 syllables? >>> >>> Anyway, the contemporary version of the elevator pitch is a tweet. >>> >>> Can you capture J in 140 characters, or less? >>> >>> -Dan >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Hui >>> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 11:31 AM >>> To: Programming forum >>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] One word description of J >>> >>> I think the premise of this discussion is flawed. >>> Why is the description restricted to one word? >>> >>> There is an alternative, the "elevator conversation". >>> You know, you've met a stranger in an elevator and you have >>> to sell your idea during the elevator ride. What would you say? >>> I've had some success using the +/x example. If there >>> is more time it can easily extend into +/"r x . If there is >>> more time still I might use avg=:+/%# and avg"r x . >>> >>> In January 2000, I was at the Iverson Software booth at the >>> AMS meeting at Washing DC, http://keiapl.info/anec/#NSA1 >>> giving people who dropped by 10 minute presentations on >>> the computer. The presentation was later codified as the >>> lab >>> "An Idiosyncratic Introduction to J". Ken later expanded >>> that >>> into the lab "A J Introduction", 14 chapters of which the >> first >>> is the "Idiosyncratic Introduction". (Ken was so verbose!) >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Devon McCormick<[email protected]> >>> Date: Friday, June 10, 2011 7:01 >>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] One word description of J >>> To: Programming forum<[email protected]> >>> >>>> My favorite adjective to describe J is "succinct". >>>> However, the limitation >>>> of this single word fails to capture other important >> features >>> of the >>>> language such as its power and clean, careful, extensible design. >>>> >>>> Perhaps a more interesting exercise is to assemble a 30- >> second >>>> or a 5-minute >>>> introduction to the language. My own attempt (introduced at >>>> >>> >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/LanguageSlapdown, >>>> presentation.JPGs at >>>> >>> >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/PresentingJIn5Minutes)suffers> >> from trying to cram too much into 5 minutes. I doubt more than one >>>> person in a hundred would actually understand the bulk of >> this talk. >>>> >>>> It's a lot more work than coming up with a single word, but >>> the >>>> J community >>>> would benefit from having an arsenal of short presentations >>> like this. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
