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    <p>I came across J/K/APL a few months ago while working my way through some <a href="http://projecteuler.net/" rel="noreferrer">project euler</a> problems, and was intrigued, to say the least. For every elegant-looking 20 line python solution I produced, there'd be a gobsmacking 20 <em>character</em> J solution that ran in a tenth of the time. I've been keen to learn some basic J, and have made a few attempts at picking up the vocabulary, but have found the learning curve to be quite steep.</p> <p>To those who are familiar with these languages, would you recommend investing some time to learn one (I'm thinking J in particular)? I would do so more for the purpose of satisfying my curiosity than for career advancement or some such thing.</p> <p>Some personal circumstances to consider, if you care to:</p> <ul> <li>I love mathematics, and use it daily in my work (as a mathematician for a startup) but to be honest I don't really feel limited by the tools that I use (like python + NumPy) so I can't use that excuse.</li> <li>I have no particular desire to work in the finance industry, which seems to be the main port of call for K users at least. Plus I should really learn C# as a next language as it's the primary language where I work. So practically speaking, J almost definitely <em>shouldn't</em> be the next language I learn.</li> <li>I'm reasonably familiar with MATLAB so using an array-based programming language wouldn't constitute a tremendous paradigm shift.</li> </ul> <p>Any advice from those familiar with these languages would be much appreciated.</p>
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