Thank you everyone. I'm touched. But let's be clear about what's happened. A duck has been hatched. It doesn't fly yet and it will sink in water that's too deep. All it does is quack. And in many ways it's an ugly little brute. But to grow it had to break out of its shell.
All too easily I could have spent another 2 years polishing it. But if that meant just tinkering with J scripts – well – others can do that too. I'm not the best. The duckling emerges into the world of a locked-down, sealed-up device with a billion users. If it only appeals to one in a million, that's a thousand prospects. That's what excited me from the start. Plus all the different costumes it could don. The name J901 doesn't go quack – it goes cuckoo. 2 years ago it had to be registered with Apple, which set the name in stone. In that time, thanks to Henry's labors, JE became 903. But the name J901 honors J701, the real breakthrough. We've been over a decade consolidating Eric's bridgehead. Too long for the IT world. A legless animal like Python has lapped us. But we're not out of the race. Where J901 goes now is up to others. The best use I can make of my remaining time is to facilitate its uptake. Ian Clark On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 at 08:38, Simon Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonderful news! Thank you, Ian, this is very much appreciated. > > Simon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Programming <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Eric Iverson > Sent: 19 October 2021 01:52 > To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > Subject: [Jprogramming] j901 (actually 903-beta-k) available from app > store for iPhone/iPad > > WOW! > > It is with great pleasure that I announce that Ian Clark has released his > new version of J for iOS! > > It is at the app store now. Search for j901, install, and enjoy. > > There are undoubtedly rough edges, but it is a huge improvement over the > previous j701. > > One rough edge is that the search is for j901, but the app 9!:14'' says > j903-beta-k. > > Now that there is a clean base, and Ian has overcome the apple obstacles, > it should be possible to keep this important product current and relevant. > > Three cheers for Ian!!! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
