> True. Dyalog is only "cheap and easy to install" It's cheap but not free. It reminds me of something a friend said to me about why he uses Linux: "If I can't eat, drink it, or sleep with it ... then I'm not paying for it."
[Post Scriptum: I do not support prostitution and neither does he, he was just being funny.] On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Morten Kromberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Matthew Brand wrote: > >> Thanks Morten that is very helpful. > > Glad you found it useful! > >> Incidentally, my reasons for learning J rather than APL (which I have >> never used) were: > >> 1. The ascii > > I promised not to respond to that :-) > >> 2. I thought that J was APL2.0 ( i.e. I thought it was an improved > version of APL) > > It was, in 1990. But Dyalog APL itself only dates from 1983, and has been > evolving steadily. With the OO features and dfns/dops, we have toyed with the > idea of - but never had the guts to - call it "APL3" :-). > >> 3. It is free and easy to install > > True. Dyalog is only "cheap and easy to install" ;-) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
