This is probably the wrong forum for this conversation, so I'll just recommend you spend a few minutes over at http://dyalog.com/
Thanks, -- Raul On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Jon Hough <jgho...@outlook.com> wrote: > Although I no zero APL, I understand that J was born from APL with an > ASCII character set and some ideas from Backus' languages. > And I am aware many J programmers are also APL programmers. > So do modern APL dialects provide any functionality not included in J? > For example, or counterexample, I do not think APL has forks and hooks, > Which add a lot of flexibility to J. > The point of the question, being blunt but not wanting to offend anyone, > is there any technical reason one might choose to write a new app in APL > rather than 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
