From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 273e489d for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 17:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A5A569E883; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 03:08:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A88699E882; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 03:08:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A9BC49E882; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 03:08:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pg1-f177.google.com (mail-pg1-f177.google.com [209.85.215.177]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 517A894A37 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 03:07:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pg1-f177.google.com with SMTP id t13so7633263pgr.11 for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:07:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=uEEOChwi2zKi2EkcI04citPLkhUmkGhD9V/QMc2pfOc=; b=EMCiSxXaEI13EY4wAGwj0WT6snbDsgBFsu47EMKMoj9uF88WqvnOYUjFZXvG6z/x/n Y8s3IqA5Mr/GHm+Nbc3i4xWKBoGWzMt9B+fSSCx4ecS9HXfDZBe84z7D1HRU77mXNban nVN+IQhE9qZOXygFb6Oywj85rlyo40SPO52pA3RXCedCcnPufi1XGVm5jYSN9BAaVfSK zfX70+BlgyYeLIEH7xbA4cBMkPaRKWf+AEwD1WtmeQIx3QcmoeqJsqyo6Wq/FoKXfwW3 ZwNyipjYArOSViChrMagZE8RMvbFDiIw/2PCngIDMuewoPyQdxwMaNwDcpvYnTiOJ+wv m4TQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=uEEOChwi2zKi2EkcI04citPLkhUmkGhD9V/QMc2pfOc=; b=JdB+etAolaErzuKFFucAUA1YdUuNwcwuZn55zFrEcIYjdIcWTDlDCIVw+iMXRKVkoI jJJXAoJhpKuKjwGoxunCkxUU/aortKzjG3l2coRGXMVTUBiW+2yuTyV9s9cUIBMwkloH KvYBJma6TsBoWEFqv4u/YBF5kV1Y8nso3nGEVGsuXO6uygvbx47ykUlm0YeZbkRyAe2z yA6AgYv3tTALKFCZ+IzsvNyUwAFstPdIDyPLv52Ayd5mT5RYGvlkBeuYVODnsl7jEFQK hh7midGr2ZU464XWBlaPcylN9wo+3VclHHisLV2q6J0Lp5+kOn/6zz3ypCqgQnhzpbT6 na6A== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWaJEzT48chD4JWniDObG0zd+TfPBVBTumYTcqJkRK6MJAmWTDbz Bf6JvDR1V3pd6FXxbNZMmAv0NV/hUFIPSocQAAY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/WTc5FYJQ9vFhJVvpftDEFBXkt6gi0QBhfStM2sZ0w5cv1yYSSUeZW9sGohtMq8e8S/vLniwofEzl6op8NomII= X-Received: by 2002:a62:4549:: with SMTP id s70mr20619235pfa.233.1543943276590; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:07:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a17:90a:230e:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 09:07:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <97743c31-e625-39b1-902e-2e531e90ec6f@telegraphics.com.au> References: <1543705783.3909.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> <97743c31-e625-39b1-902e-2e531e90ec6f@telegraphics.com.au> From: Nemo Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 12:07:55 -0500 Message-ID: To: Toby Thain Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] APL - was Re: man-page style X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 04/12/2018, Toby Thain wrote: > On 2018-12-04 2:48 AM, Dave Horsfall wrote: >> I can only say one thing: APL\360... Now, *there* was a write-only >> language. > > For a more positive take on APL -- only for the open-minded -- try > watching: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xCJ3BCIudI > >> >> Oh, the stories that I could tell. When I attended an UML course -- about a hundred years ago or so -- one of the attendees was from Reuters. He told us that they were moving to C++ because they could not hire enough people to learn APL, their preferred development language at the tim, even though willing to teach them APL. He thought it far better suited to their task than C++. N. >> >> -- Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >