http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4
The link is for Conway's Game of Life in APL and the number of view is 18,868. By contrast the youtube screencast view counts for J are much more modest, in the low 3 digit range. What is interesting to me is that the views for "J programming language - a simple openGL screen robot" has over twice as many views as "J programming language - download, install". I interpret this as saying that the application is much more important than the programming language in attracting viewers to youtube, both in comparing the Life screencast to the J's and in comparing the robot to the download, install. Of course the quality of the screencasts could also be a big factor. But I remain convinced that screencasts can be important in promotion of programming languages like J, especially if they demonstrate sought-after applications. Rosetta Code has a similar attraction, imho, and I believe we are getting more notice in that venue, also. I would like to get some response from the J team if they have been able to notice any upticks in J downloads in recent months that could be associated with the youtube and rosetta code contributions, for example. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
