Before Jsoftware there was Iversion software. I think the .js to .ijs change was in that era and hence I think .ijs stands for Iverson J script.
On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 4:42 AM 'Mike Day' via Chat <[email protected]> wrote: > An early reply before they wake up State-side with the authoritative > answer. > > IFIRC, J scripts started out with a sensible “js” suffix. Along came new > boy Java, outgunning J, so forcing the change to”ijs”. Perhaps it stood > for something, but I don’t recall any suggestion of an acronym at the > time. > > Cheers, > > Mike > > Sent from my iPad > > > On 7 Oct 2019, at 03:29, ethiejiesa via Chat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > One of the more mild surprises I have had coming to J is the ijs > filename suffix convention. Is there any information on its etymology? > > > > I would assume it's an initialism for something like "Interpreted J > Script", but my default expectation had been for a simple, one character > "j" extension. Perhaps the Windows 8.3 filename convention had some bearing > on this choice in the early days 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
