Raul Miller wrote:
On Dec 20, 2007 12:51 AM, dly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry, I thought this thread was about readability - composition is
quite another matter - so write once read never.
This thread is about readability.
But we side-tracked onto the purpose of some of J's design
choices.
Also, J is more readable than APL for most people, for the simple
reason that they do not have the requisite software installed to
be able to read APL workspaces.
Finally, I totally disagree with your implication that J is a "read
never" language.
pad"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally
for machines to execute."
- Abelson & Sussman, /SICP/, preface to the first edition
Writing and reading are two sides of the same coin. Both APL and J have
been accused of being write only languages, but this is not the case if
one has learned to read them. The problem is not that these languages
are more "write only" than others, but with approaching programming as a
"write only" activity.
# Steve
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