My personal opinion. APL and several follow on languages including J are closer to mathematics than other programming languages. The extension to arrays was, and still is, makes J and the others more like the way we think. We think "wash the dishes". We don't think "pick up a dish and wash it, then repeat until all the dishes are washed." This is the trap in traditional programming languages.
On Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 7:57 PM Bernie Eckhart <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, I am new here, and very sceptical about articles and things similar > to websites like that of the IEEE. > > Such remind me of a well known book "How to lie with statistics". No one > here is being called a liar by me. > > For me, it's impossible not to think of sayings like: > --if your only tool is a hammer, all of your problems might look like nails > --a woman more right than her neighbors constitutes a majority of one > (Thoreau). > > The fundamental issue here is what criteria make a language a top > programming language? > > Certainly not number of users. That's like saying Honda's are better than > Lamborghini's because Lamborghini makes only a few 1000 cars per year. > > J for me is a convienent calculator but for some people J and APL are their > Thor's hammer. My reason for joining this forum is to improve over time my > understanding of J. > > Loglan could become the top communications language for directing one's > android (robot). > > Much of the world AFAIK still runs on COBOL. > > Cheers, > Bernie > > P.S.: Thoreau was correct but his statement does not particularly apply to > choice of programming languages. > > On Aug 5, 2018 01:16, "Skip Cave" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have fun answering math questions on Quora using J. I've answered nearly > 1500 math questions there, using J code to find the solutions. > > Skip > > > Skip Cave > Cave Consulting LLC > > > > On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 11:34 AM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > It's good to see J here at all and up a little - from 47 to 44 - from the > > last such list I saw. Remember that all of us can help this sort of > thing > > by being active on popular forums. > > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:21 PM greg heil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >Their "Top Programming Languages" list is a composite of 12 > frequencies > > > in various venues. On their widget they include 4 weightings of those > 12 > > > values. Each can be edited ... i messed with the "custom" ranking a > bit, > > > and got a score over 30 ... but i am sure it can be tweaked more, > knowing > > > the venues J is popular in. > > > > > > Hint, i upped Hacker News > > > > > > ~greg > > > http://krsnadas.org > > > > > > -- > > > > > > from: Kenneth Lettow <[email protected]> > > > to: [email protected] > > > date: 3 August 2018 at 09:57 > > > subject: [Jchat] IEEE Top programming languages 2018 > > > > > > Nice to see J represented. > > > > > > > > > > https://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/the-2018-top-programming-languages > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > > > Quantitative Consultant > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
