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When I was in engineering school an APL programmer friend came over to where I was working and looked at my MATLAB homework. She eventually stated that MATLAB w
by upofadown 8y ago
When I was in engineering school an APL programmer friend came over to where I was working and looked at my MATLAB homework. She eventually stated that MATLAB was a very bad APL. She then proceeded to solve my homework in a single line of MATLAB.
- GlenTheMachine 8y agoMATLAB doesn't deserve the moniker of a "bad APL". It's a bad FORTRAN.
- JoeDaDude 8y agoIn old computer magazines from the 80's and before, it was a trope to have an article about some technique or algorithm, and then show it implemented in one line of APL.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago> She then proceeded to solve my homework in a single line of MATLAB To be fair, though, was that single line as long as a normal screen of code? I have not decided whether it's a good thing or bad thing, but apl/j/k programmers have some very interesting ideas about how much is acceptable to put on a single line;)