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Is this sorcery?

• Semaphor 10y ago
  It's APL. First time I heard about it was in those "how to shoot yourself in the foot" lists [0]: * You shoot yourself in the foot and then spend all day figuring out how to do it in fewer characters. * You hear a gunshot and there's a hole in your foot, but you don't remember enough linear algebra to understand what happened. [0] http://www.toodarkpark.org/computers/humor/shoot-self-in-foot.html http://www.toodarkpark.org/computers/humor/shoot-self-in-foo...
  • throwaway7645 10y ago
    Second bullet point is pretty funny. I really liked linear algebra, but I'm sure it could get frustrating if you're not an expert. I wonder if it makes sense philosophically for code to be more mathematical like APL or like a spoken language like Python.
    • GregBuchholz 10y ago
      "SciPy – the embarrassing way to code" http://www.vetta.org/2008/05/scipy-the-embarrassing-way-to-code/ http://www.vetta.org/2008/05/scipy-the-embarrassing-way-to-c...
      • throwaway7645 10y ago
        I enjoyed this article. Thanks!