> I know of at least A,B,C,D,E,I,J,K,M,Q,R, and S F (programming language) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_%28programming_language%29
P (programming language) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_(programming_language) T (programming language) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_(programming_language) On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 6:39 AM Hauke Rehr <hauke.r...@uni-jena.de> wrote: > > It might be because it’s not a real issue. > It not being a real issue might be why none > of those languages changed its name. > > I know of at least A,B,C,D,E,I,J,K,M,Q,R, and S > as language names¹ – and I bet there are X,Y and Z > at least. > Why didn’t their respective communities change > the name? Are we the only enlightened people > seeing an issue everyone else is blind to? > > (And do we want to set us more apart from K and Q?) > > ¹ tbh, I don’t remember if E was actually a proper language > > > Am 10.05.23 um 08:02 schrieb Richard Donovan: > > What is really weird is that the extremely intelligent humans who invented > > this remarkable language didn’t foresee this problem in the first place! > > > >> On 9 May 2023, at 22:47, Hauke Rehr <hauke.r...@uni-jena.de> wrote: > >> > >> You are right, C is an ususable language. > >> I think noone uses it. You cannot search. > >> > >> This thread is silly. > >> J is one of <size of alphabet> single letter names. > >> It’s fine. > >> > >>> Am 09.05.23 um 22:56 schrieb Richard Donovan: > >>> 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 > >> > >> -- > >> ---------------------- > >> mail written using NEO > >> neo-layout.org > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > ---------------------- > mail written using NEO > neo-layout.org > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
