OK here's a beautiful word that's obscure enough for J lovers to appreciate:
Argute Ar*gute"\, a. [L. argutus, p. p. of arguere. See Argue.] 1. Sharp; shrill. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd. The active preacher . . . the argue schoolman. --Milman. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. Cite This Source I like both meanings :) Simon Quoting [email protected]: > I disagree - just to be devil's advocate here... > > It's not the function of a single word to express all the nuances of J > (or of anything, except in poetry). So complaining that English > isn't "powerful" enough to describe J in a single word is as > fruitlesss as complaining that J isn't powerful enough to describe > English in one word. > > The fact that J has subtle and implicit power is a good enough > description without having to explain that it uses implicit rather > than explicit looping or has tacit code, etc. > > How about words like: > > "Expert" > "Powerful" > "Potent" > "Refined" > "Effective" > "Efficatious" > "Sophisticated" > "Profound" > "Elegant" > "Subtle" > "Inventive" > "Cunning" > "Competent" > > The problem with words like this is that they can apply to lots of > things and not uniquely to J. > > How about made-up words like "Mathemagical"? > > > Simon > > Quoting Henry Rich <[email protected]>: > >> I agree. >> >> It's hard to express in a paragraph how it is that the parts of J work >> together, and how, by letting you think about problems rather than >> implementation, it makes you a better, faster, more elegant programmer. >> A single word is more likely to be misleading than descriptive. >> >> Henry Rich >> >> On 6/7/2011 9:16 PM, Marshall Lochbaum wrote: >>> The problem I see in finding such a word is that it not only has to convey >>> the power of implicit looping and tacit code, but is has to convey the >>> simplicity of J. J's interpreted nature and minimally designed primitives >>> make it much easier to use than other systems with fancier design. Frankly, >>> I'm not sure the English language has enough power to express that in one >>> word. >>> >>> Marshall >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ric Sherlock >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:55 PM >>> To: Programming forum >>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] One word description of J >>> >>> Yes certainly in Australasia calling something/someone "feral" is not >>> exactly a compliment! >>> >>> http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-of/feral >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:14 PM,<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I think that the word "feral" has negative and destructive >>>> connotations. Not a word to use if you want to promote the use of J >>>> to a manager. >>>> >>>> Surely we need a word that indicates incredible usefulness or >>>> competence. How about "dextrous" or "omnidextrous". >>>> >>>> Simon >>>> >>>> >>>> Quoting John Baker<[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> I've been thinking about what's a good single word description of J. >>>>> Something that suggests the important features of the language and >>>>> conveys the spirit of J programming. I offer the word: feral. >>>>> Here's a footnote I recently added to the upcoming JOD 0.9.3 >>> documentation. >>>>> >>>>> Coming up with an accurate description of J is a challenge. The >>>>> language is definitely array oriented and contains an almost pure >>>>> functional tacit sub-language. However J also contains substantial >>>>> imperative features and its clever use of locales and locale paths >>>>> simulates most of the useful features of object oriented languages. >>>>> Waving your hands and declaring a language multi-paradigm or agile is >>>>> the standard way out but unfortunately this does not distinguish J. I >>> think J is a *feral* programming language. >>>>> The word feral sounds like a mixture of functional and imperative and >>>>> the established meaning of feral: almost wild, wilily, able to >>>>> survive on your own but willing to cooperate – on your own terms - >>>>> conveys the independent free thinking character of J programmers. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> John D. Baker >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> - 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
