Category talk:J

Can we call this language "esoteric"? I think any language where emoticons are mathematical instructions deserves that title. Some lines look like Befunge...like this one from the wiki:

p2=.(".@(,&'x') %&x: <:@(x.&^)@#) p

That line presumably does math. --Mwn3d 07:31, 10 December 2007 (MST)

I wouldn't call it "esoteric"...Esoteric languages, to my mind, are ones that make difficult even common tasks. A look at J's quicksort wouldn't lead me to that conclusion. --Short Circuit 08:37, 10 December 2007 (MST)

Yeah, you're right. I guess I didn't look at enough examples. --Mwn3d 08:53, 10 December 2007 (MST)

Definitely not esoteric, though very hard to read unless you have learned the vocabulary and tacit programming idioms. I would encourage folks to annotate the examples here and also contribute well annotated examples to the Literate Programs wiki (see Help:Similar Sites). --IanOsgood 13:11, 10 December 2007 (MST)

Jers

The "Jers" section could be maintained by the site if all the users would sign up and put a {{mylang|J|proficiency}} row in a {{mylangbegin}}...{{mylangend}} table. The users would show up in Category:J User which is already on the language page. --Mwn3d 13:17, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but I'm not sure some of the Jers perceive themselves to be involved enough in RC to sign up. Also, having the special section allows me to add value to the Jers list (like links to the J wiki).

Tasks

Since language categories do not automatically link to their "need work" pages, here is a manual link: Reports:Tasks not implemented in J

Er, they do. It's in the sidebar, "unimplemented tasks" --Kevin Reid 16:04, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

oops, thank you. Rdm 22:25, 31 August 2009 (UTC)