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		sciolizer on March 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: APL Style: Patterns/Anti-patterns If I wanted to gain a more intuitive appreciation of the patterns described in the presentation by learning a language, which is the best place to start: APL, J, K, or something else?

alsoconfuzed on March 4, 2018 [–]

The only way to truly understand an APL derivative language is to implement an interpreter for one.

It's interesting that the author of the article embraces the Write Only code philosophy. If there's an issue - just rewrite it.

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