Raul, Thanks for the forwards!
Remember SHARP APL/PC? I used it (still got the ROM chip & kybd stickons) happily for ca a dozen years, then migrated, I forget why, to J once that had apparently survived its birth traumas (Ver 4.0?). All on a desktop, per Linux after migrating to J, as big as my house. I'm 74, an ex-pianist, some-kind-o-composer, and ex-Unix-sys-adm (this last, as my kids for years & years insisted on eating regularly). Point is: I do mean my initial "putting aside...". Re the APL char set, I don't care what troubles some new gizmo has with them, or who "wants/likes" what, or how folks all queasy at the unfamiliar might tank any weird characters' market share. I'm just interested to know how harnessing APL characters might serve to enhance J _conceptually_ . That's all. Please forgive the geezer-rant. Pete Raul Miller wrote:
An issue here is the whole "walled garden" mythos behind consumer devices. Phones are convenient to carry but so small that keyboarding is difficult, and tightly regulated as well (at least for the connectivity aspects). Tablets have fewer constraints, but a smaller market. There are no "must have applications" or "games" that really drive sales of tablets. And for real convenience, people mostly ignore text and go with imagery. The APL character set can be seen as a step in this direction, but it's not enough of a step for most people. Thanks,
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