From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:50:10 -0500 Message-ID: From: Dan Cross To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00151759365c35237e04cf1919e9 Subject: Re: [9fans] c++ Topicbox-Message-UUID: e3b83f80-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --00151759365c35237e04cf1919e9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Nov 22, 2012 12:43 PM, wrote: > > Ha! Ever programmed in APL? > > Don't knock it, to learn APL I had to "shift paradigm" and it was a > very important lesson in my programming education. No doubt. As a learning exercise, such things are great. But I don't know that the brand of brevity engendered by APL really leads to fewer defects. :-) - Dan C. --00151759365c35237e04cf1919e9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Nov 22, 2012 12:43 PM, <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
> > Ha! =C2=A0Ever programmed in APL?
>
> Don't knock it, to learn APL I had to "shift paradigm" a= nd it was a
> very important lesson in my programming education.

No doubt. As a learning exercise, such things are great. But= I don't know that the brand of brevity engendered by APL really leads = to fewer defects. :-)

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 - Dan C.

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