Mark D. Niemiec wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> J, like APL, are not programming languages, they are executable >> notations. > > Back at school, we had a particular metric we used to distinguish > those things that could be called programming languages: > If you could write Towers of Hanoi in it, it was a programming language. > Using this metric, J qualifies. >
Can anyone explain to me in simple terms what is meant by "executable notation" versus "programming language"? I have never understood the distinction, but some obviously consider it important, if not crucial. Thanks. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
