I first ran into J from their ICFP submission one year. The J implementation did quite well in the contest despite being shockingly terse, and running on an int

I first ran into J from their ICFP submission one year. The J implementation did quite well in the contest despite being shockingly terse, and running on an interpreter. That prompted me to figure out why, and I learned a lot of interest if unconventional ideas as a result.