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I wonder if using font ligatures would be the best of both worlds, but in this case this font would have to be very specific to J.
by haolez 7y ago
I wonder if using font ligatures would be the best of both worlds, but in this case this font would have to be very specific to J.
- gmfawcett 7y agoYou could probably get a long way with the APL character set. Many (not all) J verbs correspond pretty closely with APL verbs, at least in one of their modes: ⍋ = /: , ∊ = e. , etc.
- vchak1 7y agoThats an interesting thought. I wonder if we could do visual representations similar to "skin color + thumbs up" == colored emoji to essentially convert operator + verb combos into ligature type single characters. Would help with visual parsing/reading as well. On a separate note, I think APL is well suited to both drawing based and voice based creation of programs on ipad like devices. I'm playing with this a little bit right now but will take a while to have something useful to others.
- haolez 7y agoGreat idea! Please do share when you have something.