[Jprogramming] What are the strangest features of J?

[Oleg Kobchenko]

--- Carlos Smith <carlos.smith at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 1. [ ] and { } are not paired.
> 2. The syntax of J is tied to the English syntax.
> 
> Point 2 being shocking because, for example,
> theres's no Gerund in French.

In French there's le gérondif (en + present participle)

C'est en lisant, qu'on apprend à écrire.
      ^^^^^^^^^
It's by reading, that one learns to write.
        ^^^^^^^

In English, it's a substantiated (turned noun)
present participle, too, but preposition is not
considered part of it.

> Many if not all, programming languages have
> english keywords. But J, is the only one
> tied to English syntax.
> 
> PS: Cobol is not a programming language 
> :-)
> 


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