write-only language n.
A language with syntax (or
semantics) sufficiently dense and bizarre that any routine of
significant size is automatically write-only code. A
sobriquet applied occasionally to C and often to APL, though
INTERCAL and TECO certainly deserve it more.
See also Befunge.
A language with syntax (or
semantics) sufficiently dense and bizarre that any routine of
significant size is automatically write-only code. A
sobriquet applied occasionally to C and often to APL, though
INTERCAL and TECO certainly deserve it more.
See also Befunge.
Related:
- write-only language: n. A language with syntax (or semantics)
sufficiently dense and bizarre that any routine of significant size
is automatically {write-only code}.
A sobriquet applied occasionally to C and often... - one-liner wars: n. A game popular among hackers who code in the
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The objective is to see who can code the most interesting... - MFTL /M-F-T-L/
[abbreviation: `My Favorite Toy Language']
1.
adj. Describes a talk on a programming language design... - one-liner wars n.
A game popular among hackers who code in
the language APL (see write-only language and line noi
and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's
exceedingly hairy primitive set.
A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers... - APL is a write-only language. I can write programs
in APL,
but I can't read any of them. -- Roy... - APL is a write-only language. I can write programs in APL,
but I can't read any of them." -...
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