Splendid, Devon! Exactly what I was searching j wiki for. I had a vague
recollection it was by you, and even did a search on "Devon" looking for it.

…Needle in a haystack!

I then tried Easy J, Simple J, EZJ, Core J, Elementary J, Micro J …  the
one word I didn't think to try was "minimal". But the exercise has left me
staggering in awe of the power of the Hive Mind that is the J forum (…fora).

I guess "Minimal J" was just 2 pages. Did anyone ever write working code in
Devon's micro-language, to see how far they could push it?

Together with Dan Bron's page on PrimitivePrimitives, this is material for
an intriguing weekend. Apple, going down a like path, has managed to
eliminate Intel from its product line. I take that as encouragement – or a
warning. I am not Tim Cook -- or Roger Hui.

(BTW if anyone is curious to know why I'm pursuing this line of enquiry,
ask me.)

Ian Clark

On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 15:06, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote:

> There was this "Minimal Beginning J" page I started in an attempt to help
> beginners focus on some of the most commonly-used parts of the language:
> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/User:Devon_McCormick/MinimalBeginningJ .
>
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 9:56 AM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > There's https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/Incunabulum
> >
> > --
> > Raul
> >
> > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 4:11 AM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I recall seeing on the j wiki a proposal for a cut-down version of J,
> > with
> > > a starved palette of 10 or so primitives. Does the proposal have an
> > > official name? What's its status?
> > >
> > > Try as I might, I cannot locate it. Help please.
> > >
> > > Ian Clark
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>
>
> --
>
> Devon McCormick, CFA
>
> Quantitative Consultant
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