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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID 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: 109fba,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: randy@godin.on.ca (Randy MacDonald) Subject: Re: Programming language vote - results Date: 1997/10/16 Message-ID: <624ghu$ocg$2@news.on>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 280912405 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> Organization: Godin London Incorporated Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.apl,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <3444BFC6.794BDF32@druid.net>, "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" wrote: >Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote: >> Every time someone says how terse and powerful C is, I think of APL. > >My favourite quote about APL - "I refuse to use any computer language >in which the proponents shove snippets of code under each other's >nose saying 'I bet you can't guess what this does!'" > As opposed to presenting reams of code, which, although with full explanations, the function of which can probably only be taken on faith? Given equivalent functionality, I would rather have a hope of understanding a snippet as opposed to a volume. -- |\/| Randy A MacDonald | Bring me... BLUE PAGES!!!! |\\| randy@godin.on.ca | BSc(Math) UNBF '83 | APL: If you can say it, it's done. Natural Born APL'er | *** GLi Info: info@godin.on.ca *** | Also http://www.godin.on.ca/randy ------------------------------------------------<-NTP>----{ gnat }-