Colliding with this very problem when I tried promoting J in educational circles, I experimented with the name Jay, especially in combinations, like Jayscript.
A smart bird, with a lot it could say for itself. I see the word is already attested on jwiki. On Tue, 9 May 2023 at 22:34, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > I expect that the people at jpl.nasa.gov would agree that "jpl" has a > nice ring to it. > > But are our contributions up to their level? > > Anyways, for now, adding > > (jlang OR jprogramming OR jsoftware OR site:jsoftware.com) > > to a search tends to find at least some J content. > > And, maybe if more people used it, search engine support might improve? > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 2:28 PM Michael Dykman <mdyk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I know it's trite but JPL has a ring. > > > > J Programming Language (with a nod to A Programming Language) or > > Jeneral Purpose Language > > > > > > On Tue, May 9, 2023, 17:21 'Nollaig MacKenzie' via Programming < > > programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > > "APL-J" would suit me. > > > > > > On 09/05/2023 at 2:14 PM, "Henry Rich" wrote:You can't beat a horse > > > with no horse. What name do you suggest? > > > > > > Henry Rich > > > > > > On 5/9/2023 4:56 PM, Richard Donovan wrote: > > > > One of the most frustrating things about J is its name! For example, > > > on Stack Exchange code review it seems impossible to search for any J > > > articles, comments, code snippets etc. and I could suggest that rather > > > than bother about whether to call the latest version J4, J904 etc > > > which is trivial, you do something really useful such as change the > > > name of the language to something sensible that can be searched upon. > > > I know that in the past radical changes have been made to J eg > > > changing x. and y. to x and y and I also know that a change of name > > > would take a while to filter through but I do feel that eventually > > > this change would have incredible benefits, similar to the recent long > > > overdue introduction of sensible error messages which has been a real > > > boon to me! > > > > > > > > Richard Donovan > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
