[Rampoina]

≤ "expands" in J to <: Definitely not more verbose.

J uses . and : as modifiers to a base operator to create a pretty big set of primitives. See https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/NuVoc

[lmm]

> ≤ "expands" in J to <: Definitely not more verbose.

I mean, in a fixed-width font (as people tend to use for programming) it's literally twice as long. That adds up.