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From: mstephen@enter.net (Mark Stephen)
Subject: Re: Programming language vote - results
Date: 1997/10/15
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In article <3444BFC6.794BDF32@druid.net>,
"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> 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!'"
>
Damn! Where's my copy of "Devil's DP Dictionary"?

>From memory

	There are three things a man must do
	before his life is done.
	Write two lines of APL
	and make the buggers run.

best wishes, mark s.