Re: APL & Programming Concepts

Mb wrote:
> I Personally *really* feel the charme of APL and J, and I have the
> greatest admiration for Dr. Iverson's creations, but in my everyday
> choices I'll never go back to non-opensource languages for anything
> critical, even if this means non optimal solutions.
>
> The lack of a good, complete, cross-platform version  of APL (and the
> like), open source and working on as many platforms as possible is what
> blocks me from the final jump on to this otherwise beautiful wagon ....

From your message you are obviously you are aware of J.
It is available on Windows, Linux and MacOS. J code written on one
platform will run (including GUI) on the others.

A CRAN/CPAN-like library exists that enables J-users to contribute
packages that can be easily installed for use (and inspection) by
other J users.

All the code for the IDE is written in J and can be freely inspected
(and changed if required) by users.

The system is freely available for download & use (not hamstrung in
any way).

The only part of the system and that is "not-open" (as opposed to "not
opensource") is the code for the core J engine - it is available for a
price (see jsoftware website).

I'd be interested in hearing why you will "never go back to non-
opensource languages for anything critical"?