[SGVLUG] APL (A Programming Language) was Re: Response to some posts...

[Christopher Smith]

Dustin Laurence wrote:
> There is also a successor (of sorts) language that attempts to keep the
> matrix orientation and functionality of APL but be usable with a
> standard keyboard--the name is "J", I think, continuing the grand
> tradition of naming languages with single consonants.

Yup, J is a construct from a prof at the University of Waterloo. It's 
basically APL without all the funny symbols. A great little essay on APL 
and J:

http://www.vector.org.uk/archive/v223/smill222.htm

--Chris