We've talked about this at NYCJUG. Here's one reference to it: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/NYCJUG/2009-01-13#ReportontheMeteorPuzzle .
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Tracy Harms <[email protected]> wrote: > Matthew Brand, > > > > > Does anybody know a list of, or maybe could come up with suggestions > > for, the weaknesses of J in terms of programming tasks? > > > > For example, programming tasks that are much easier to solve in a > > different language than in J? I.e. problems where J programmers would > > advise to use a different language instead? > > > > I'm open to correction on this, but it looks to me that J can be a > poor fit in circumstances where the user is not to be entrusted with > the computer. The power of the language is not readily constrained. If > the destruction of data on the machine would be a big problem for > somebody other than the people who are given access to it, some other > language may serve better. > > Tracy > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
