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From: feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: Programming in J
Message-ID: <1991Nov10.223306.13974feustel@netcom.COM>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 91 22:33:06 GMT
Organization: DAFCO - An OS/2 Oasis
References: <1991Nov9.001252.6288@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM> <1991Nov10.190838.14635@ctr.columbia.edu>

I would also add that I think most people with mathematical
backgrounds would benefit from an into to J that made no analogies to
English grammar. On the one hand the use of language in the J
documentation compares(favorably) with Buckminster Fuller's style.
On the other hand I think an operator/operand approach with additional
explanations for the effects possible with "adverbs" and "gerunds" 
would be more effective.
-- 
David Feustel N9MYI, DAFCO, 1930 Curdes Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805.
(219)482-9631 EMAIL: feustel@netcom.com
