There are several stories. Can't all be true. My favorite requires time travel as the reason happened well after the choice. On the web site page, click the big J.
On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 2:33 PM Thomas Bulka <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > most likely this is a really simple question, but I have not been able > to find any reliable information on this. Anyway, just out of curiosity: > I'd like to know, why the name "J" was chosen for the language. Is it an > abbreviation for something? Or probably the name has even some > interesting back-story? > > Kind regards, > > Thomas > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
