If the rest of the world does not use J then perhaps so much the better - it yeilds those who do a competitive advantage. J'ers just have to get a major government to code their stuff in J and there will be jobs for their children, and thier childrens children ... fixing the bugs of their fathers and grandfathers :-)).
2009/12/10 Dan Bron <[email protected]>: > James C Field wrote: >> Dan has told us that he has made a living from J. Best of luck to him. >> That's one guy. > > I thought I showed you some other guys? > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Stories > > See also the list of " representative users" at the bottom of: > > http://www.jsoftware.com > >> made a living for hundreds of people in countries >> and corporations around the world. > > And Perl makes (not "made") a living for tens of thousands of people in even > more countries around the world, and Java makes (not > "made") a living for millions (tens of millions?) of people in every country > that has electricity*, and .... > > As others asked, what scale "counts"? If I had to predict your answer: " as > much as APL, but more doesn't matter". > > And I do not see J's comparative niche market as a failure of J, but rather > as a failure of APL (in general). Put another way, J was > poorly timed, catching the tail end of APL's popularity, which has been on > the decline for decades. And as much as I love the > languages, I don't see them coming back. Though some of its best features > are appearing in other languages (particularly, the > automation of the detestable loop). Its legacy, our legacy, will survive. > > -Dan > > * Yes, I'm making these statistics up. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
