the terseness isn't supposed to blow your mind, it's an artifact of k's iversonian heritage. the first iversonian language, apl, was originally intended as a ki

the terseness isn't supposed to blow your mind, it's an artifact of k's iversonian heritage. the first iversonian language, apl, was originally intended as a kind of mathematical notation for computer programs, a compact notation for defining algorithms-as-mathematical-objects. imagine a programming teacher writing code on a chalkboard to the same degree a math teacher writes math on a chalkboard and the need for compact notation becomes obvious, i think.