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I’m adding SNOBOL to my list of modernist languages. “Everything is pattern-matching” fits the modernist ethos. On the other hand, what about APL? Although the
by a4isms 4y ago
I’m adding SNOBOL to my list of modernist languages. “Everything is pattern-matching” fits the modernist ethos.
On the other hand, what about APL? Although the syntax looks just as much like line noise as Perl’s syntax, it is actually a very elegant language. Is APL also a modernist language?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4
- anthk 4y agoIf you think about it... Smalltalk.