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::::: It's all your (collective) call. I'm just of the opinion that for the purposes of ''this site'' it is worth being more verbose than you otherwise would. Increased comment length is one of the best ways of doing this IMO (not that this is a specific comment). The other thing to watch for is where code is making use of assumptions that are obvious to experts in the implementation language, but which are mysterious to everyone else. Again, it's a universal problem but the more a language has implicit things, the harder it is to grasp a particular solution at a glance. (Of course, you and I probably differ over the definition of the correct level of implicit-ness, but that's just both of our opinions differing. I expect neither of us to change.) —[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 08:20, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
:::: There is the Vocabulary page of the J Dictionary, however the J Dictionary is not very enlightening for beginners - understandable given its primary purpose is to serve as a specification for the language implementation, rather than a study guide. Instead I'd recommend the book [http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Books J for C programmers] (available free online or as hard copy) as a well written intro to J and array languages, especially for those coming from scalar-oriented languages, not just C. Don't skip [http://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/foreword.htm the Foreword]!!. If you're wanting a Quick Reference, then I'd suggest the [http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/HenryRich?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=J602_RefCard_color_letter_current.pdf J Reference Card]. --[[User:Tikkanz|Tikkanz]] 21:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
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