Greetings.  I recently spent some time with the J Playground.  I don't know
enough to appreciate everything that must have gone into its implementation
(though I suspect the C source for the J engine must have given Emscripten
quite a workout) but am even so extremely impressed--and even more
impressed by the potential...

...to wit: J now runs in the browser; how close are we to exposing the DOM
api to J?

Or, to ask the question more directly, When will I be able to escape
Typescript and do my client-side web development in J?

Irrespective of the answer, thanks very much to those who put in the
effort.  The threshold for experimenting with J is much lower now, which
can only help with recruitment.  (In fact, after a long pro-J Zoom call
with my young nephew last week I pointed him to the Playground.  He
remarked that while I hadn't persuaded him to download the J tool chain, he
was more than willing to visit a web page and poke around.  Mighty oaks
from little acorns etc.)

Ed
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