Hi list, I have been following J for around a year now, after seeing some solutions to Project Euler in J's (initial) cryptic syntax. As someone who likes to learn new things, I couldn't resist the urge to visit the J programming website and download the software. Now, I have been learning J purely from a curiosity point of view, and have solved half of my Project Eulers problems with J, so I am slowing getting the hang of it and enjoying my time experimenting with J. As I am not mathematically inclined, I do find it a challenge understanding various terminologies that is used throughout the help system but its nice expanding my knowledge.
Not long after I started to experiment with J, I hear of APL, and after a quick search I quickly dismissed it after, 1. unable to find an interpreter, 2. noticed it needed it own keyboard, and 3. the symbols turned me off before I gave it a chance. Well, as I said above, as I like to learn new things I decided to look up APL a bit more and soon found, NARS2000 interpreter, a nice keyboard bitmap that shows where the symbols are on a standard keyboard, and a very excellent interactive tutorial called Zark APL Tutor. I have been going through the Zark APL Tutor the past couple of days, and I actually use both J and NARS2000, side by side, with the tutor software, and I am finding that I have a better "understanding" in J. I know that they are very similar but by having a good understanding of APL, will it it help in the learning process of J? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
