Hi Joseph,

I'm neither an expert in J nor in APL, but I think both are well worth
learning. If you want to focus on J I support Jan Pieter's list. From
my personal perspective I want to point out especially these aspects:

- For me, as a beginner, the dissect tool has been invaluable in
making transparent how J executes a sentence. I don't know about any
analogous tool in APL.
- I don't know why, but I'm really impressed by "under"(&.) and use it
a lot in my programming.
- Though Dyalog APL has a plotting package, I always felt it is quite
complicated to use, while at least basic plots are quickly done in J
(though this might be a question of personal style).
- Depending on whether you plan to work with structured data a lot, Jd
might be of interest to you.
- Last but not least: I feel, that the J forums are a great place to
be and I'm still impressed by the friendly, quick and high quality
responses you get as a beginner from real experts.

Regards,

Thomas
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