There's a whole series of (long) comments by arcfide [0] about APL, and code in general, in the "Smaller Code, Better Code" thread [1] that I thought were great

There's a whole series of (long) comments by arcfide [0] about APL, and code in general, in the "Smaller Code, Better Code" thread [1] that I thought were great. In particular this one [2]. "I'm pushing the other direction. If you can see your entire compiler at one go on a standard computer screen, what sort of possibilities does that open up? You can start thinking at the macro level, and simply avoid a whole host of problems because they are obviously wrong at that level. When you aren't afraid to delete you entire compiler and start from scratch? What sort of possibilities does that open up to you?" [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=arcfide https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=arcfide [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13565743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13565743 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13571160 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13571160