: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.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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
language APL (see {write-only language} and {line noise}).
The objective is to see who can code the most interesting... - 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." -... - MFTL /M-F-T-L/
[abbreviation: `My Favorite Toy Language']
1.
adj. Describes a talk on a programming language design...
From the same category:
- A feeling all persons detest
Although 'tis by everyone felt
By two letters fully expressed
By twice two,
invariably spelt Envy (N... - Puns are our business...
Our ONLY business...... - I'm coming Dear,
I only have 999 more messages to read... - You have many friends and very few living
enemies... - How many
knock-knock jokes
-- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Who's there...
