That's a good guess though in the essay where he says this - http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/ewd498.html - he does not elaborate. It's a little odd that he would be so harsh on APL when in the same essay he makes other statements with which most APLers would agree: "The tools we use have a profound (and devious!) influence on our thinking habits, and, therefore, on our thinking abilities." "It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration." "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence."
I find it interesting that he talked a lot about the practice of programming but did not do it; this might help explain his blind spot toward APL. On 11/5/07, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/5/07, metaperl.j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He seems to think it is a programming technique "of the past" --- what > > specifically is he referring to? > > I believe he disliked APL's right arrow (branch to line number > computed by expression on the left) and the absence of control > structures (if statements, while loops, that sort of thing). > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
