On 11/04/2009, at 12:53 PM, e wrote:

> J seems cool, and, from what I understand, is a descendant of  
> forth.  How does Factor compare to J?

J is a descendent of APL, done by the late Ken Iverson, the creator of  
APL. A big change is the substitution of ASCII for the traditional APL  
operators. More convenient, but for me it loses some of the charm of  
APL.

Not at all Lispy.

Antony Blakey
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