:one-liner wars: n. A game popular among hackers who code in the
language APL (see {write-only language} and {line noise}).
The objective is to see who can code the most interesting 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 and is now popular among
{Perl} aficionados.
Ken Iverson, the inventor of APL, has been credited with a
one-liner that, given a number N, produces a list of the
prime numbers from 1 to N inclusive. It looks like this:
(2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN
where `o' is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a
single character, and `i' represents the APL iota.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
language APL (see {write-only language} and {line noise}).
The objective is to see who can code the most interesting 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 and is now popular among
{Perl} aficionados.
Ken Iverson, the inventor of APL, has been credited with a
one-liner that, given a number N, produces a list of the
prime numbers from 1 to N inclusive. It looks like this:
(2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN
where `o' is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a
single character, and `i' represents the APL iota.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- 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... - 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... - 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... - TECO /tee'koh/ n.,v. obs.
1. [originally an acronym for
`[paper] Tape Editor and COrrector';
later, `Text Editor and COrrector'] n. A text editor... - How many
APL hackers
-- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None. There's a primitive for that. Note: I don't do... - runes pl.n.
1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry
or black art to parse:
core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language... - quad: n. 1. Two bits; syn. for {quarter}, {crumb},
{tayste}.
2. A four-pack of anything (compare {hex}, sense 2)... - 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." -...
