I know of quite a few systems in Ada were first written in Apl to get things right before being compiled into Ada because that was ordered and not because Ada was any better but because Apl was so much easier to use.
J is fast on its way of becoming extremely powerful in Javascript/Html applicqations. What is needed is a little bit more of descriptions of how to use it and it is coming. 2011/12/24 PMA <peterarmstr...@aya.yale.edu> > Anybody want to take up the flag? > Happy Holidays! > PMA > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: OT programming languages/ systems for advanced applications > on Linux > Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:50:59 -0500 > From: PMA <peterarmstr...@aya.yale.edu> > To: debian-u...@lists.debian.org > > Rather than APL itself -- value judgement aside -- > you might consider its successor and superset, > *J* ( http://www.jsoftware.com/ ). > > > Miles Fidelman wrote: > > David Christensen wrote: > >> > >> Any other comments/ suggestions regarding programming languages/ > >> systems for advanced applications on Linux? > >> > > Lisp > > Smalltalk > > Erlang > > Haskell > > Caml/OCaml > > APL - if you're crazy or want to be; or you could go all the way to > > Brainfuck (http://esolangs.org/wiki/Brainfuck) > > for that matter, Ada, if you're writing mission-critical/safety-critical > > systems > > > > If you're really interested in programming languages: > > http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: gos...@gmail.com gsm: +3546985532 twitter: @flugfiskur http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
