27 May
2016
27 May
'16
2:21 p.m.
On May 27, 2016, at 1:57 PM, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm
at gmail.com> wrote:
Those who write APL programs ae sadists, and those who like fixing them when
they go wrong are masochists....
... Though I believe Iverson wanted to call it "The Programming
Language"....
I was going to suggest he introduce the lad to a wide range of languages, especially
non-procedural ones, and outliers such as Forth and APL. It's much easier to grasp
the concepts (and joy) of things like functional programming if you're exposed to them
before confirmation bias limits your acceptance of the world.