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APLs are such a different paradigm from the run of the mill stuff ... “APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the
by scottlocklin 7y ago
APLs are such a different paradigm from the run of the mill stuff ... “APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.” -Dijkstra
- tluyben2 7y agoI think he is rolling over in his grave as JS is what he actually describes there and most of the world are coding bums now (learn JS in 1 hour, create undisciplined misery the rest of your 'career'; something Dijkstra, and his pupils, are vehemently against, yet 99% of people do now and it is considered ok as 'getting shit done', nevermind the reactor meltdowns it causes).