>> My take is “J swarm processing capabilities” would not be J. It would be a 
>> new language (maybe a very interesting new language, maybe not, but a new 
>> language in any case).
> 
> Or maybe just a new primitive? (Or maybe just a few of them?)

More likely a new way of thinking; and a methodology to integrate and harmonize 
that new way of thinking with our existing, successful, way of thinking.

For example, OOP hasn’t been such a great complement to J. 15 years later and 
it still feels like a bolt on (please note: OOP, not namespace support).

-Dan
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