Greetings, J has long interested me. APL is a very interesting language but awkward to use because of its special keyboard and font requirements. I saw J as a possible solution to these problems (in addition to its enhancements to the APL model). When I first looked at J (more than ten years ago I believe) I was fascinated by it but somewhat intimidated by its new paradigm. Although I was very intrigued by the language, there is one thing that kept me from investing the effort into understanding and using J - lack of source code. I was unwilling to invest my time in a single-source language vendor without source code. If I made the investment and the company failed, my investment would be waisted. Now that the source code has been made available (again, and non-beta), my interest is piqued again and I find myself much more motivated to learn and use J.
I would like to thank the owners of J for creating J and having the courage to release its source code. Respectfully, Blake McBride ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
