“Introduction” revision

[rodrigogiraoserrao]

Revision

Here I include all of the things that, to the best of my knowledge and experience, should be changed/corrected.

• Inconsistent casing of programming language names (APL, J, K, Q all show up in upper-case, but then we can find java, c, c++, rust, go, etc)
• typos and similar issues:
  • "c, c++, Java, Python etc" → "c, c++, Java, Python, etc"
  • "code you write in other languages suddenly become" → "code you write in other languages suddenly becomes"
  • "Learning how to solve problems the data-parallel way, no loops, no branching is the" → "Learning how to solve problems the data-parallel way, no loops, no branching, is the"
  • "have to be a math-wiz to understand, or benefit from APL" → "have to be a math-wiz to understand, or benefit, from APL"
  • "no other general purpose programming language" → "no other general-purpose programming language"
  • "Tack might seen" → "Tack might seem"
  • "the function takes both a left, and a right argument, like" → "the function takes both a left, and a right, argument, like"
  • "only takes a right-side argument" → "only takes a right argument"
  • "argument, for example factorial, !:" → "argument; for example, factorial !:"
  • "if you hover over a glyph in the menu bar" → "if you hover over a glyph in the language bar"
  • "both its monadic, and dyadic uses, where applicable." → "both its monadic and dyadic uses, where applicable."

To consider

In here I include things that, from my point of view, would be nice additions/modifications.

• Adding the link to the original xkcd comic, either as a hyperlink for the image itself, or when you mention the name of xkcd
• Changing "d-fun" and "dfun" to "dfn" (possibly adding a note on pronunciation, if that was the original concern)
• Add link to the online mdapl (https://mastering.dyalog.com) when you mention that work on it is afoot
• Use double ~ in "an endless source of confusion joy" to add the actual strikethrough over "confusion"

[rodrigogiraoserrao]

Consider going from ⊢ to ⎕← for explicit output, e.g.

⊢v ← 9?9
⍝ becomes
⎕← v ← 9?9

[xpqz]

On code you write in other languages suddenly become -- I think this is the correct form, treating code as plural.

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-plural-of/code.html

[xpqz]

Still can't get the overstrike to render properly in the jupyterbook html. Tried the double-tilde but no workie.

[xpqz]

Mostly fixed in #2ef1e34

Leaving issue open for now.

[rodrigogiraoserrao]

On code you write in other languages suddenly become -- I think this is the correct form, treating code as plural.

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-plural-of/code.html

I think "code" here is uncountable (like the link also says it can be) and, therefore, handled as if singular. I always think about the words "rice" or "money". You wouldn't say "rice become cooked after boiling for a bit", nor would you say "my money become wrinkled after I stuff it in my pockets."; in both you'd use "becomes".

[rodrigogiraoserrao]

Still can't get the overstrike to render properly in the jupyterbook html. Tried the double-tilde but no workie.

The jupyter book markdown cheatsheet doesn't talk about strikethrough (https://jupyterbook.org/reference/cheatsheet.html) nor can I find anything about it in two other cheatsheets I reference recurringly (https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/ and https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#em). Maybe use the <s> HTML tag? Using it inline should work without any problem.

[xpqz]

Ah yes, inline html does the job.

[xpqz]

Fixed as part of the larger c04f45f