I've never doubted his awareness of it. How about pronunciation in this case -- do you folks speak the J term with a long 'o' (as I would assume from its derivation)?
Roger Hui wrote: > Ken was well aware of the existing meaning > of "proverb" when he coined the new meaning for > it in J. He was not one to let existing meanings > stand in the way if the new meaning is apt. > e.g. noun, verb, adverb, valence, ambivalence, > locale, inflection, rank, ... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: PMA<[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 18:02 > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] One word description of J > To: Programming forum<[email protected]> > >> 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
