This reminds me to ask: When the J term "proverb" was invented (derived via grammatical logic from the existing "pronoun"), what thought was given to the result's pre-existence in the language as meaning something *else*?
P.A. [email protected] wrote: > I think that the word "feral" has negative and destructive > connotations. Not a word to use if you want to promote the use of J > to a manager. > > Surely we need a word that indicates incredible usefulness or > competence. How about "dextrous" or "omnidextrous". > > Simon > > > Quoting John Baker<[email protected]>: > >> I've been thinking about what's a good single word description of J. >> Something that suggests the important features of the language and conveys >> the spirit of J programming. I offer the word: feral. Here's a footnote I >> recently added to the upcoming JOD 0.9.3 documentation. >> >> Coming up with an accurate description of J is a challenge. The language is >> definitely array oriented and contains an almost pure functional >> tacit sub-language. However J also contains substantial imperative features >> and its clever use of locales and locale paths simulates most of the useful >> features of object oriented languages. Waving your hands and declaring a >> language multi-paradigm or agile is the standard way out but unfortunately >> this does not distinguish J. I think J is a *feral* programming language. >> The word feral sounds like a mixture of functional and imperative and the >> established meaning of feral: almost wild, wilily, able to survive on your >> own but willing to cooperate – on your own terms - conveys the independent >> free thinking character of J programmers. >> >> >> >> -- >> John D. Baker >> [email protected] >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
