John Baker-11 wrote: > > 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 >
Here is another one: pert -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/One-word-description-of-J-tp31792463s24193p31809070.html Sent from the J Programming mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
