I didn't mean to imply that Splosky would be supportive of the use of J or APL, but this thread is about whether using good tools (even duct tape and WD40) is cheating (or not productive).
Michael Dykman made the point that seeing a problem in J is a very useful tool, even when required to implement a solution in other environments. At 11:54 -0700 2009/09/26, Tracy Harms wrote: >I'm surprised to see this blog post of Spolsky's advanced as >supportive of the use of J. His line of thinking seems much more like >what I've heard from people who don't want to touch J or APL. (As >Roger said.) But, you may be right that there's a vein of >compatibility here. > >On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: >> A practical point of view - >> > > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/09/23.html >> > > I would say that J offers really good tools (Duct tape and WD40 >if you will...) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
