Re: [q-lang-users] q-lang-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 2

[Boyko B. <bo...@gm...>]

On 7/5/06, Anthony <ad...@ke...> wrote:
>
> This is the third or possibly fourth "Q" I've seen.
> Our "Q" is perhaps the best or most actively
> developed.  Other q's have seem to have died...

Hmmm...

At least for the Q that Larry Gregg mentioned -- the one
at http://kx.com -- it most certainly is alive and well :)
It is the current development of an excellent language:
K, which is itself a descendant of APL and Lisp.
K is highly applicative (though not purely functional),
and mostly combinator-based (i.e. function-level).
Blindingly fast, with unbelievably compact implementation
(less than 200 KB, considering it has GUI and
such-and-such connectivities), and favours writing of
extremely concise programs.  Check e.g. http://nsl.com
for K and similar languages -- _lots_ of examples there.

Cheers,
   Boyko