Lobachevsky

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   by Lobachevsky 13y ago

   Both APL and R promote interactive exploratory programming. Both are strong in computational programming and intended primarily for domain experts, though over the years APL has drifted more into a domain for developers. In my opinion, APL
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   by Lobachevsky 13y ago

   I started learning APL (it was a cut down APL\360 with 32K workspaces) in the mid 1970s. My first language was Fortran. When I started with APL shortly afterwards, at first I thought it was a sort of continuation of array studies. What&#x2
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   by Lobachevsky 13y ago

   When it comes to notation, there is always a tradeoff. The question is, what's worse? In my meager opinion, APL was plagued with acceptance problems from the very beginning. Note that acceptance is a very personal thing, free of such