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+# Introduction
+
+_*note: this page requires a font which can show apl symbols.*_
+
+APL and J are very different from other (more conventional) programming languages, and therefore they require a little bit of introduction.
+Their syntax is very dense, and can be hard to read at times for a person not very familiar with it.
+
+# To be written at some point
+
+ +/⍳200
+
+is the sum of the first 200 natural numbers in APL, and in J it would be
+
+ +/i.200
+
+nice. \ No newline at end of file