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J language source to be released under GPLv3

Iverson's array-language follow-on to APL is soon to be released under the GPLv3 licence! 
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By Greg Buchholz at 2011-03-02 05:47 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 5982 reads

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Very welcome news!

I have found that J and related languages enable (and teach) a very powerful way of thinking about computation as holistic functional operations on multidimensional arrays. While one can write such code in any language (especially lazy functional languages) it is much easier to learn and internalize that model inside of a language which supports it so consistently. J is also quite magical for doing quick analyses of complex data - IMNSHO it leaves scripting and rapid prototyping languages in the dust. It can also be the ultimate write-only language if you don't follow clear conventions! :-)

By jgd at Thu, 2011-03-03 00:15 | login or register to post comments

I can't believe

...that I forgot to link to Ehud's J FAQ.
By Greg Buchholz at Thu, 2011-03-03 03:16 | login or register to post comments

I am quite amazed that this

I am quite amazed that this still exists...

By Ehud Lamm at Thu, 2011-03-03 13:31 | login or register to post comments

Download

The source can be downloaded from here:
http://jsoftware.com/source.htm. And there is a mailing list for discussion of issues related to compiling the source.

By Greg Buchholz at Mon, 2011-03-07 03:43 | login or register to post comments