I wrote: > * Originally, APL was only a notation, but because it was > rationalized, it was amenable to computerized execution; > and so an interpreter was built for it. The effect was > that as the notation developed, much attention was > paid to maintaining and increasing that amenability, with > the results you see today.
I should have pointed out that SMN has enjoyed no such history.* > * Many members of the J community are mathematically-minded > and take interest in teaching math. Several have used J > with success in that endeavor. How? > * KEI, whom you admire, invented APL (and its later dialect J) > as a rationalized, simplified revamping of (some parts of) > SMN. And that KEI himself took great interest in teaching math to children. I believe it was his great hope that J (his second attempt at APL) would be used in that capacity; certainly he specifically added several features to J for that purpose. You wrote: > I am now leaving you to that discussion. I have nothing to add. Then, I predict, neither do we. -Dan * Maybe I should take to calling it CMN, for conventional or common math notation, because it certainly isn't standardized.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
