3 Mar
2015
3 Mar
'15
6:01 p.m.
From: Mouse
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 2:00 PM
Regarding APL, I had said of my first encounters with it
> I thought it an interesting toy.
It is. But I'd say that's a positive thing; a
language that isn't an
interesting toy - ie, isn't fun to play with - is unlikely to be much
good for anything larger.
I was 18, and had just learned FORTRAN, COBOL, and PL/1 (still so spelled).
I wasn't *ready* for the interesting languages. I met LISP 1.5 the next
spring, and didn't see the use in that yet, either.
I got better.
Rich
Rich Alderson
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