J Programming Language

[jitwit]

What programming language should we add?

The J Programming Language

What is the official website for the language?

https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page

Is this a language that comes in many variants? If so, which variant should we support?

J itself has one main implementation (although, it is a dialect of APL)

Does the language have an official logo?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:J_(programming_language)_icon.png above link shows log and indicates the licensing

Does the language have an unofficial logo?

I'm not sure if there's an unofficial one. There are various ones similar to https://www.jsoftware.com/help/primer/title.htm which is in one of the main beginner books about J. I'm not sure about its licensing.

Is there a testing framework available for the language?

Yes, there are a few testing libraries for J

Is this language listed as 'supported' by Prism.js?

It is: https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/blob/gh-pages/components/prism-j.js

• what is Prism's canonical spelling for the language? j
• what file extensions should be highlighted? *.ijs

Who will be leading the effort to launch the track? I will. I am currently a maintainer for the scheme track.

[kytrinyx]

Fantastic, thanks so much for kicking this off!

Here's your new repo: https://github.com/exercism/j/issues/1

I'll turn on Travis for CI as soon as the Travis site stops hanging for me.

[kytrinyx]

The work to launch this track was never completed, and there has been no activity on the track for a long time. We are therefore archiving the track repository.

If someone wants to actively build and launch this track, please open an issue in https://forum.exercism.org/c/exercism/building-exercism/125 to discuss it.