I agree -- even those slightly interested should take a look -- the
downloads are relatively small: about 2.6MB for J (full evaluation
version with doc) and under 1MB for K (demo version with doc). I
especially like the way they define "nouns", "verbs", "adverbs", etc
which are used to form "sentences" (functions).

-- Dwight

Bob Shafer wrote:
> 
> I'd like to suggest that folks interested in this have a look at the
> languages J and K, both of which are discussed on comp.lang.apl.
  ---snip---
  [ J from http://www.jsoftware.com ]
  ---snip---
  [ K from http://www.kx.com ]
> 
> Both systems, if you download them, come with extensive documentation. The
> K documents seem to be especially well written and accessible. There's a
> treasure trove of good, well thought out ideas in these systems, IMHO.
> 
> On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Alan Kay wrote:
> 
> > Maurice and Travis --
> >
> > Dan Ingalls and I (seperately) were very taken with parts of APL in our
> > youth, and. over the years, have been quite excited at the possibilities
> > that polymorphism brings to this kind of generalization of collections. It
> > is now time to take another pass at the algebraic roots of
> > Smalltalk/Squeak. Suggestions please -- the best kind are not so much
> > add-ons, but comprehensive schemes that are both powerful, readable, and
> > help users think ...