NYCJUG meeting, Matlab, Reading J
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NYC JUG Meeting of 20060711
Meeting Agenda for NYC JUG 20060711
Meeting Agenda for NYC JUG 20060711
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1. Beginner's regatta: what are beginner FAQs?
Building up the NYCJUG portion of the J Wiki.
2. [replacement for "Show-and-tell"]
Niches for J
What are potential niches for J? John thinks that some MATLAB territory
is claimable by J. This will only work if a domain expert can use the
program immediately: the argument that you first have to spend a year or
so getting up to speed on J is not a strong selling point. Are then any
such areas we can identify?
3. Advanced topics: lessons from a day learning about Perl modules.
Perl is a relatively popular niche language with a community reminiscent
of the J community. What can we learn from this language's strengths?
4. Learning and teaching J: John's "Rough Guide to Reading J" - explains,
for the intermediate-level user, how to read J code.
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The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor;
he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me.
The rest go on with their old measurements
and expect me to fit them.
- George Bernard Shaw
Proceedings
Beginner's regatta
Show-and-tell
Advanced topics
Learning and Teaching J