And K isn't nearly as bad as its predecessor APL [0], which makes extensive use of non-ASCII characters to bring even greater compactness. For example, the Gam

And K isn't nearly as bad as its predecessor APL [0], which makes extensive use of non-ASCII characters to bring even greater compactness. For example, the Game of Life in APL is life←{↑1 ⍵∨.∧3 4=+/,¯1 0 1∘.⊖¯1 0 1∘.⌽⊂⍵} [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)