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by persnickety 853 days ago
How does one accidentally learn a different programming language?
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mandarax8 853 days ago
On the J website the first sentence is: 'J is a high-level, general-purpose programming language that is particularly suited to the mathematical, statistical, and logical analysis of data.'

So I can see him thinking he has the correct language.

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0xdeadbeefbabe 853 days ago
Sounds like a Neal Stephenson beginning.
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kstrauser 853 days ago
"The analyst's cheeks warmed as she looked around the room, realizing they were talking about something different than she expected."
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