"You can put whatever number you like." Okay, thanks. I will go with 100 for now. Anybody got a better estimate :-).
"Similarly applications you are using could be written in J or APL without your knowledge of what it is witten in." I am more interested in how many people are using J to write programs, not how many people indirectly come in contact with J. 2009/11/3 Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > 2009/11/3 Matthew Brand <[email protected]>: > > Well, whatever the reasonings, it would be nice to be able to put a > number > > to the phrase "small user base". > > You can put whatever number you like. > > One thing is certain and that number is growing and there are all > kinds of signs you can use to notice how it is growing. > > If you look over time you can count the number of messages that have > been sent to forums. > > Discussions about J are carried out in many forums and news groups and > over the years there are more and more help and lab texts produced in > wikis and there are more and more demos and addons. > > If you like it with growth of plants and trees it is not the fastest > growing that are always the best or most beautiful. > > The trees that grow slowly become the giants of the woods and add one > more ring each your and outgrow everything else. > > J is a branch of APL and as such has been growing steadily for a > number of years before the start of J. > > I am very much interested in the next generation of J that will make > it easier to use several J sessions on several machines all over the > world. > > Like you would have one main session and send tasks to different machines. > > I am sure that facility will make even more people use J without > knowing they are using J. > > It is similar to the situation with Linux. > > Most people are using Linux every day without knowing that their > questions sent to servers that are running Linux. > > Similarly applications you are using could be written in J or APL > without your knowledge of what it is witten in. > > So indirectly a lot of people could be APL or J users without knowing it. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
