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>How to type APL characters They are unicode characters. Type them the way you would type any unicode character. If you have not yet found a practical way of d

by wvlia5 9y ago

>How to type APL characters They are unicode characters. Type them the way you would type any unicode character. If you have not yet found a practical way of doing it, there are plugins for editors to help you type APL characters with no hassle. >How to learn APL? There's a Dyalog APL manual which is quite clear, Google it. Also, you can use the GNU APL interpreter. I would recommend learning APL first, only by reading the Dyalog manual and writing programs with pencil an paper, then learn J in detail. > How do I learn J? Jsoftware provides a free interpreter. They also have a sleek interpreter app for Android. I would recommend to download this app and go through the project Euler problem set. Jsoftware provides all the documentation you will need in their webpage http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation > what good will J do for me? The best would be to learn it and see it for yourself. Sadly, you find yourself in Paul Graham's Blob Paradox.I can't get you out.

avmich 9y ago
>> what good will J do for me? > The best would be to learn it and see it for yourself. I've found the statement on the front page of jsoftware.com to be rather accurate: "If you are interested in programming solutions to challenging data processing problems, then the time you invest in learning J will be well spent." And "data processing problems" could be understood pretty widely. I've had a case when I first spent about 45 minutes producing a prototype (a program which would generate realistic plans for floor of an office building) using J, then converted that prototype in functionally equivalent (no embellishments) program in C# spending a couple of hours. Certainly working on a prototype took several failed attempts, yet it was still faster than doing the same in C# after the algorithm was already clear.

by wvlia5 9y ago

avmich 9y ago

>> what good will J do for me? > The best would be to learn it and see it for yourself. I've found the statement on the front page of jsoftware.com to be rather accurate: "If you are interested in programming solutions to challenging data processing problems, then the time you invest in learning J will be well spent." And "data processing problems" could be understood pretty widely. I've had a case when I first spent about 45 minutes producing a prototype (a program which would generate realistic plans for floor of an office building) using J, then converted that prototype in functionally equivalent (no embellishments) program in C# spending a couple of hours. Certainly working on a prototype took several failed attempts, yet it was still faster than doing the same in C# after the algorithm was already clear.