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"SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing." - Philip Greenspun From http://www
by delish 11y ago
"SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing."
- Philip Greenspun
From http://www.paulgraham.com/quotes.html http://www.paulgraham.com/quotes.html
I adore languages with a high thinking-to-googling ratio. I've been typing the code in this example. Even though I use my mouse to type APL characters, it feels fast. Really, really enjoyable.
Thanks to the author; this is readable and fun.
- brudgers 11y agoOne of Iverson's changes when he created J as a successor to APL is that all the operators are ASCII characters. http://jsoftware.com/ http://jsoftware.com/ Open source and even available on Android so it can be run on a phone.
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