Wasn't it rather an example of an inventor fixing problems with other people's ideas (IBM, IP Sharp,) of how his notation should be turned into "a programming language"?
Typing "APL" into the searchbar on jwiki yields some most authoritative-looking pages, including: http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/APL_Acknowledgements http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLDesign.htm#chronology …plus this hilarious account of how it came to be called APL, after much blood had flowed: http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Doc/A_Source_Book_in_APL#A_note_on_the_origins_of_.22APL.22 Ian Clark On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 10:37 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> wrote: > The J language is a good example of an inventor fixing problems with their > first inventon, to improve on it. > > Skip > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:27 PM jane dalley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This is my first post; my hope is this is an appropriate question. > > > > My knowledge of APL and J is very limited so my expectation is a simple > > answer that is within my limited ability to grasp. > > > > Examples: > > > > How similar are both APL and J? > > > > To the best of my recollection APL could be written with EBCDIC so why J? > > > > Can APL do everything J can do and visa versa? > > > > Can APL and J be forced to be strongly typed? > > > > Are APL and J capable of being Object Oriented like C++ or C#? > > > > Would one view J as a superset of APL? > > > > Are J and APL more than niche languages? > > > > Sorry if any of these questions are perceived to be offensive, probably > > they have been asked many times before. > > > > Sorry also if these questions are deemed silly such as a toddler might > ask. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jane the novice of J > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
