As possible bait - I assert that J is a strong, suitable contender for any programming problem. It's a bold statement, but I haven't encountered a problem that J can't solve or feels completely out of place at. In fact, most problem it's near the top of the list of contenders.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's what got me hooked (in no specific order) > > 1. Multi-platform (linux, osx, windows, android, iPad) > 2. Fully featured IDEs (web, desktop, mobile) > 3. Open source > 4. C interop (means you can literally do anything with the language) > 5. Interactive REPL > 6. Concise > 7. Excellent documentation and essays/articles solving different types > of problems > 8. "Batteries Included" - large suite of addons that cover many > domains of problems > 9. Mature - 20 years old, but still being actively developed > 10. Community (mailing list, irc, wiki, rosettacode) > 11. Scales to big data > 12. Simple to start with, challenging to master (you won't get bored with it!) > > I think it's hard to distill it down to a single bait, but hopefully > these ideas trigger some additional thoughts > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have an opportunity to talk about J for a short while to some people with >> little or no exposure to it. >> >> What do people think would be the best bait I could use to hook them into >> looking more into it? These would be people with coding experience in >> other languages. >> >> -- >> >> Devon McCormick, CFA >> >> Quantitative Consultant >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
