From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11390f,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid11390f,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Alan E & Carmel J Brain Subject: Re: Programming language vote - results Date: 1997/10/25 Message-ID: <3451AA9D.259C@dynamite.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 284766329 References: <343fbb5a.0@news.iprolink.ch> <343FD05C.8986A557@flash.net> <34428914.2D71D0F@ibm.net> <01bcd87f$7fefcf00$25a43a91@basil.omroep.nl> <34458CE3.507C@dynamite.com.au> <3444BFC6.794BDF32@druid.net> <34466EB4.3381@dynamite.com.au> <6275dt$agm$3@news.on> <344BCED0.2D51@dynamite.com.au> <344F0863.41C6@lmco.com> Organization: @home Reply-To: aebrain@dynamite.com.au Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.apl,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-10-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Jack Rudd wrote: > > Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote: > > > > ... Now I think that APL has a place, > > but only in small, one-use throw-aways, ---->8------ > I'm an algorithm developer. The greatest value of APL for me is > in rapid prototyping. Concur completely, an excellent example of 1-use throw-away is when you're developing and testing an algorithm! APL is one heck of a good rapid prototyping language. In fact, for algorithm design, I can't think of one better. > I've tried Ada for prototyping. There's nothing rapid about it. Concur again. It's strengths are in large systems, which are designed to be maintainable over the long term, and "safe". -- aebrain@dynamite.com.au <> <> How doth the little Crocodile | Alan & Carmel Brain| xxxxx Improve his shining tail? | Canberra Australia | xxxxxHxHxxxxxx _MMMMMMMMM_MMMMMMMMM abrain@cs.adfa.oz.au o OO*O^^^^O*OO o oo oo oo oo By pulling MAERKLIN Wagons, in 1/220 Scale