My favorite adjective to describe J is "succinct". However, the limitation of this single word fails to capture other important features of the language such as its power and clean, careful, extensible design.
Perhaps a more interesting exercise is to assemble a 30-second or a 5-minute introduction to the language. My own attempt (introduced at http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/LanguageSlapdown, presentation .JPGs at http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/PresentingJIn5Minutes) suffers from trying to cram too much into 5 minutes. I doubt more than one person in a hundred would actually understand the bulk of this talk. It's a lot more work than coming up with a single word, but the J community would benefit from having an arsenal of short presentations like this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
