Short: J is similar to the language APL, but it uses only ASCII chars Author: Iverson Software Inc. Uploader: Harald Backert (h backert rz uni-regensburg de) Type: dev/lang Architecture: m68k-amigaos The FAQ tells us what J is: 1. What's J? J is a functional shareware programming language available via anonymous ftp at watserv1.waterloo.edu. Features include list-at-a-time processing, arrays of arrays, complex numbers, special features for multiplying polynomials, manipulating sets and generating permutations. Although it provides support for numerical modeling, it is not a numerical modeling package. It is a general purpose programming language. J was designed and developed by Ken Iverson and Roger Hui. It is similar to the language APL, departing from APL in using using the ASCII alphabet exclusively, but employing a spelling scheme that retains the advantages of the special alphabet required by APL. It has added features and control structures that extend its power beyond standard APL. Although it can be used as a conventional procedural programming language, it can also be used as a pure functional programming language. The archive j-6.2.lha contains everything I found in the original archive of J-6.2. Since most doc files are PostScript files, a PostScript printer or viewer is recommended. Of couse I included Amiga executables, so you don't have to compile J.