Ron Jefferies, famous for (co-)founding the Extreme Programming methodology [1], has recently taken up an interest in J (thanks to Tracy Harm's understated promotion):
http://xprogramming.com/articles/j-working-with-henry-richs-example/ He's clearly intrigued and powering his way through those first painful days. BTW, the article reminded me of {~^:a: which I find a startling example of J's power, brevity, and beauty (transitive closure in 6 ASCII characters). -Dan [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Jeffries PS: There is a growing community of J users on Twitter, and it's starting to compete with these Forums in terms of J activity. Twitter (and particularly Tracy on Twitter) is also how J is winning some recent recruits, Ron Jefferies among them (another high-profile software guy, Lau Jensen, also found us this way). Anyone who's interested in J might want to take a look (even if only to watch - it's how I learned about this article, for example). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
