31 points | by tosh 4 days ago
11 comments
I see weird symbols like that I think APL. I haven't touched APL but I know weird symbols when I see it.
And checking the article... Tags: apl
Aren't those the Twin Pines from Back to the Future?
My very first thought as well.
Did you mean the Lone Pine?
You space bastard! You killed my pine!
Appears like the twin pines cooperativism symbol.
What does [APL] even mean?
an obscure but very powerful matrix-centered programming language usually considered to be "write only", as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.
> usually considered to be "write only"
Only by the ignorant and uninitiated.
> as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.
Can you even read what you wrote several years ago?
"a programming language".
I see weird symbols like that I think APL. I haven't touched APL but I know weird symbols when I see it.
And checking the article... Tags: apl
Aren't those the Twin Pines from Back to the Future?
My very first thought as well.
Did you mean the Lone Pine?
You space bastard! You killed my pine!
Appears like the twin pines cooperativism symbol.
What does [APL] even mean?
an obscure but very powerful matrix-centered programming language usually considered to be "write only", as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.
> usually considered to be "write only"
Only by the ignorant and uninitiated.
> as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.
Can you even read what you wrote several years ago?
"a programming language".