Raul wrote:
> "it wouldn't be a natural fit" for the current implementation.

I think there’s a philosophical conflict between the two framing metaphors 
(arrays vs swarms/CAs). 

My take is “J swarm processing capabilities” would not be J. It would be a new 
language (maybe a very interesting new language, maybe not, but a new language 
in any case).

> For example: some primitives which work on dense arrays do not
>  work on sparse arrays.
> 
> For example: 13 : falls back to 3 : or 4 : for some expressions.

This would not be true of a “J with full sparse array support” nor a “J with a 
perfect 13 : ‘’ transliterator which never falls back on 3 : or 4 : “. Those 
mechanisms are completely compatible with the fundamental array-orientation of 
J.

-Dan

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