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I did my Senior Project for my B.A. in math in APL back in 1978 because it was the only language I had available to me on a functioning machine. I loved it, bec
by garyrob 7y ago
I did my Senior Project for my B.A. in math in APL back in 1978 because it was the only language I had available to me on a functioning machine. I loved it, because it was infinitely more concise than writing in System 360 assembly, which was the only other language I had taught myself! I particularly enjoyed writing entire programs for class in one line, which was frequently doable in APL. The problem was that that capability encouraged you to write "write-only code". It was very easy to write, but... :) Never used APL again, and now care a lot about readability, but I certainly look back at that time fondly!