[TUHS] APL - was Re: man-page style
Toby Thain
toby at telegraphics.com.au
Wed Dec 5 01:08:56 AEST 2018
On 2018-12-04 2:48 AM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Warner Losh wrote:
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>> And anyone who has not edited sendmail.cf (shudder!) is not a
>> programmer.
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>> Blind, write-only programming at its finest. Trial and error until you
>> think there's no more error. Think.
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> I can only say one thing: APL\360... Now, *there* was a write-only
> language.
For a more positive take on APL -- only for the open-minded -- try watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xCJ3BCIudI
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> Oh, the stories that I could tell.
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> -- Dave
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