Hi Michael,
You said:
"I was gradually overcome by a sense of awe.. I wasn't
sure what was going on here, but I was pretty sure that I had been
working *way* too hard for the last 20 years.
When I encountered train syntax, my first reaction was that it was the
most arbitrary, academically-inspired nonsense I had ever seen.. . ."
I note that initially you liked J enough to be overcome by
a sense of awe - but thought train syntax to be nonsense. So what
was it that first attracted you to J in those early days?
You said:
".I have been dabbling with the language for about 2 years now.
. . it became apparent to me that nearly all of my logical constructs
developed an inherent elegance to them in this form which was not
obvious to me at all as I formulated the idea. "
Your experience seems very much in common with several other
people who have contributed to this chat forum - hard work over
a long period that was finally rewarded with a vision of what tacit J is.
I very much admire those who have persisted in this way.
Don
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