Ian, good point. I had forgotten about how Iverson's notation was co-opted to make it into a programming language.
Skip On Sat, May 19, 2018, 7:05 PM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Wasn't it rather an example of an inventor fixing problems with other > people's ideas (IBM, IP Sharp,) of how his notation should be turned into > "a programming language"? > > Typing "APL" into the searchbar on jwiki yields some most > authoritative-looking pages, including: > http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/APL_Acknowledgements > http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLDesign.htm#chronology > > …plus this hilarious account of how it came to be called APL, after much > blood had flowed: > > http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Doc/A_Source_Book_in_APL#A_note_on_the_origins_of_.22APL.22 > > Ian Clark > > > On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 10:37 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The J language is a good example of an inventor fixing problems with > their > > first inventon, to improve on it. > > > > Skip > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:27 PM jane dalley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > This is my first post; my hope is this is an appropriate question. > > > > > > My knowledge of APL and J is very limited so my expectation is a simple > > > answer that is within my limited ability to grasp. > > > > > > Examples: > > > > > > How similar are both APL and J? > > > > > > To the best of my recollection APL could be written with EBCDIC so why > J? > > > > > > Can APL do everything J can do and visa versa? > > > > > > Can APL and J be forced to be strongly typed? > > > > > > Are APL and J capable of being Object Oriented like C++ or C#? > > > > > > Would one view J as a superset of APL? > > > > > > Are J and APL more than niche languages? > > > > > > Sorry if any of these questions are perceived to be offensive, probably > > > they have been asked many times before. > > > > > > Sorry also if these questions are deemed silly such as a toddler might > > ask. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Jane the novice of J > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
