I believe the conversation was in 1989—if it is not clear from above this was said in jest
> On Aug 21, 2021, at 4:04 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Especially for something like this, > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_the_single_cause can be an > issue to watch out for. > > -- > Raul > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 4:01 PM Jose Mario Quintana > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dr. Iverson recommended I read "The Book of J” by Harold Bloom when I was >> asking about the name he chose for his programming language. >>> >> >> Perhaps it was an instance of telepathy since, >> >> ' >> I studied this interpreter for about a week for its organization and >> programming style; and on Sunday, August 27, 1989, at about four o’clock in >> the afternoon, wrote the first line of code that became the implementation >> described in this document. >> >> The name “J” was chosen a few minutes later, when it became necessary to >> save the interpreter source file for the first time. >> >> — Roger Hui, Remembering Ken Iverson, 2004 >> ' >> >> After decades of true stories [0] Roger might be kind enough to shed more >> light on how the name was chosen in addition to 'Why "J"? It is easy to >> type.' (Oh well, apparently, we know at least pretty well when the name >> was chosen.) >> >> [0] [Jprogramming] Hi. (jsoftware.com) >> <http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2009-October/016557.html> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 6:56 PM Donna Ydreos <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Missing persons: >>> >>> Both I and J were used interchangeably by scribes to express the sound of >> both the vowel and the consonant. It wasn’t until 1524 when Gian Giorgio >> Trissino, an Italian Renaissance grammarian known as the father of the >> letter J, made a clear distinction between the two sounds. Trissino’s >> contribution is important because once he distinguished the soft J sound, >> as in “jam” (probably a loan sound), he was able to identify the Greek >> “Iesus” a translation of the Hebrew “Yeshua,” as the Modern English >> “Jesus.” Thus the current phoneme for J was born. It always goes back to >> Jesus. >>> >>> https://www.dictionary.com/e/j/ <https://www.dictionary.com/e/j/> >>> >>> J is the title that scholars ascribe to the nameless writer they believe >> is responsible for the text, written between 950 & 900, on which Genesis, >> Exodus & Numbers is based. >>> >>> ...So Bloom, connoisseur of sublimity, unveils and proceeds to adore Lady >> J, now seen to be a royal princess, perhaps a daughter of Solomon: a superb >> aristocrat, a rationalist, a comedian, a feminine ironist, one of Bloom's >> "strong" poets. >>> >>> Dr. Iverson recommended I read "The Book of J” by Harold Bloom when I was >> asking about the name he chose for his programming language. >>> >>> >> https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/01/specials/bloom-j.html >> < >> https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/01/specials/bloom-j.html >>> >>> >>> >> https://www.womeninthebible.net/women-bible-old-new-testaments/basemath-taphath/ >> < >> https://www.womeninthebible.net/women-bible-old-new-testaments/basemath-taphath/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 20, 2021, at 12:45 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/JforC_Front_Cover >>>> >>>> For more than 13 years, #4 in the list laid empty, defying the >> collective >>>> knowledge and search abilities of the J community. I have finally >> pleaded >>>> with Henry Rich to tell us who the gentleman is. Thank you Henry. >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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
