Interesting rant. Your function pyth_sq:{x^2+y^2} should be pyth_sq:{(x xexp 2)+y xexp 2}. While you're right about all the idiosyncrasies with the overloadin

Interesting rant. Your function pyth_sq:{x^2+y^2} should be pyth_sq:{(x xexp 2)+y xexp 2}. While you're right about all the idiosyncrasies with the overloading and error messages, they tend to melt away when you get a hang of it. The language is only partly the cool thing. The real power of Kdb is, IMHO, the ability to quikly get a distributed "app engine" on it's feet. App engine with hot code swapping and 0 downtime.