4/5/2026 at 6:25:30 AM
by tosh
4/8/2026 at 10:40:06 PM
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
by magicalhippo
4/8/2026 at 9:27:11 PM
Aren't those the Twin Pines from Back to the Future?by cocodill
4/8/2026 at 9:54:28 PM
Did you mean the Lone Pine?by stirfish
4/8/2026 at 10:14:18 PM
You space bastard! You killed my pine!by cheschire
4/8/2026 at 10:52:07 PM
My very first thought as well.by arto
4/8/2026 at 10:29:11 PM
Appears like the twin pines cooperativism symbol.by Qem
4/8/2026 at 10:42:01 PM
What does [APL] even mean?by semiquaver
4/8/2026 at 10:51:09 PM
an obscure but very powerful matrix-centered programming language usually considered to be "write only", as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.by dbt00
4/8/2026 at 11:39:03 PM
> as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.Can you even read what you wrote several years ago?
by bossyTeacher
4/8/2026 at 11:44:25 PM
Wait, isn't that what they say about perl?by dylan604
4/9/2026 at 12:57:51 AM
Yes, perl is considered write-only because it is a mess of features that allow unhygienic programming habits to flourish - it is full of hard-to-trace magical behavior. Completely different than APL, which has had perl's write-only label applied to it by programmers not used to reading terse mathematical notation.by philipov
4/9/2026 at 8:30:49 AM
They say the same about RegEx too.by happymellon
4/8/2026 at 11:58:07 PM
40 years ago (at school) I generally wrote in ink - edged and straight nibs, blue and black ink because I liked it. I learned several formal styles as well as my idiosyncratic efforts. I did have biros and fibre tips etc available. I had loads of choice. My parent's generation was probably the last of the ink and nib first users.by gerdesj
4/9/2026 at 12:40:09 AM
Very much not.Its origin is as a mathematical notation for algorithms. It was used to publish research reports and (IIRC) a book or two.
You're confusing "possible to read" with "accessible to people unwilling to invest any effort understanding"
by groby_b
4/8/2026 at 10:58:52 PM
> usually considered to be "write only"Only by the ignorant and uninitiated.
by jonahx
4/8/2026 at 11:59:48 PM
I’m sure you’re fun to work withby mikelitoris
4/9/2026 at 12:19:10 AM
I am!by jonahx
4/9/2026 at 1:21:10 AM
Im sure _you're_ fun to work with. Get a sense of humor.by voidfunc
4/8/2026 at 10:45:08 PM
"a programming language".by zem
4/9/2026 at 12:49:59 AM
Not to be confused with b programming language, which is not its succesor, but is the predecessor to c.by philipov