"APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums." Edsger Dijkstra, 1968
He seems to think it is a programming technique "of the past" --- what specifically is he referring to? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/why-did-Dijkstra-dislike-APL-so-much--tf4754840s24193.html#a13597001 Sent from the J Chat mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
