I don't think I'd enjoy writing COBOL but array programming is actually fun to do. The experience is very refreshing compared to the verbose clean-code Software

I don't think I'd enjoy writing COBOL but array programming is actually fun to do. The experience is very refreshing compared to the verbose clean-code Software Engineering orthodoxy that seems all prevailing these days. A language that doesn't change the way you think is not worth learning, and that is definably the case with APL and its successors. It is more a tool for power users that type symbols as their way to interact with a computer