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> K stands for “keys to the kingdom”. Lol. It's actually just the letter after J, since K was supposed to be the next in the APL-ish family.
by jnordwick 7y ago
> K stands for “keys to the kingdom”.
Lol. It's actually just the letter after J, since K was supposed to be the next in the APL-ish family.
- rpz 7y agoArthur wrote the article :)
- jnordwick 7y agoHa, I didn't notice that. But I've heard it before on the K list. I think it is more of a backronym than a serious statement. This is a guy who names his source files a.c, b.c, c.c, ..., z.c. I'm unsure why Ken Iverson named the J language that though.
- earenndil 7y agoProbably because A through I were already taken.
- tosh 7y agoalso: https://web.archive.org/web/20041024212043/http://www.kx.com/listbox/k/msg06335.html https://web.archive.org/web/20041024212043/http://www.kx.com... > i call most of my languages A but to avoid confusion i switched to the phoenician aleph. (h/t chrispsn)