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Why is it still used then? Are there just no good alternatives? Or legacy reasons?

• beagle3 5y ago
  On the things it does well - being a memory mapped column store, it hardly had any competition a few years ago (clickhouse might be getting there these days, perhaps) And if your fluent in K, one-of scripts and queries are significantly shorter and easier to get right. But it is not good as a general purpose language in a commercial setting - not because of the language itself which is fine if a bit spartan - but because it is hard to find people who are willing and able to work with it. Much like its predecessor APL, it’s a tool for thought more than a tool for implementation.
  • rak1507 5y ago
    Yeah I personally really like array langs so I was just wondering why other people don't.
  • tluyben2 5y ago
    I think many people would work in it, but the job market for it is limited and driven by who knows who as far as I noticed. I hope Shakti will make things better: so far it's nice and definitely it's pricepoint is a lot better. Not sure where it will go.
    • rak1507 5y ago
      How do you know the price point is better? It's not on the website. Are you a customer?