qaz to Programmer [email protected]English • 3 months agoWhy have UTF8 support if you won't write your code in the Sumerian clay tablet alphabet of Ancient Mesopotamia?imagemessage-square23arrow-up1124arrow-down10
arrow-up1124arrow-down1imageWhy have UTF8 support if you won't write your code in the Sumerian clay tablet alphabet of Ancient Mesopotamia?qaz to Programmer [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square23
minus-square@steventhedevlink2•3 months agothis doesn’t hold a candle to APL: sudoku←{⎕io←0 ⍝ Whitney/Last p←{(↑⍵)∘{(⍺∨.=⍵)/⍳n×n}¨,⍵},(n*÷2){⍵,⍺⊥⌊⍵÷⍺}¨⍳n n←⍴⍵ m←{(⊂⍵)⌈(⊂⍺=⍳⍴⍵)×(1+⍳n)~⍵[⍺⊃p]} (⍴⍵)∘⍴¨⊃{⊃,/⍺ m¨⍵}/{(⍸⍵=0),⊂⊂⍵},⍵ }
minus-squareBilleghlink3•3 months agoThe difference is that the above Sumerian could be dealt with using find and replace in a dire situation, while APL is a write-only language.
minus-square@stingpielink2•3 months agoI dunno, there’s probably less than ten people who can actually speak Sumerian, and there’s at least a dozen people who can read APL.
this doesn’t hold a candle to APL:
sudoku←{⎕io←0 ⍝ Whitney/Last p←{(↑⍵)∘{(⍺∨.=⍵)/⍳n×n}¨,⍵},(n*÷2){⍵,⍺⊥⌊⍵÷⍺}¨⍳n n←⍴⍵ m←{(⊂⍵)⌈(⊂⍺=⍳⍴⍵)×(1+⍳n)~⍵[⍺⊃p]} (⍴⍵)∘⍴¨⊃{⊃,/⍺ m¨⍵}/{(⍸⍵=0),⊂⊂⍵},⍵ }The difference is that the above Sumerian could be dealt with using find and replace in a dire situation, while APL is a write-only language.
I dunno, there’s probably less than ten people who can actually speak Sumerian, and there’s at least a dozen people who can read APL.