APL.. Maybe they're talking about things like the famous 6000 lines of ECAP in FORTRAN IV done in APL in 600 lines by a grad student, etc. (not surprising.. ECAP is lots of matrix math, which is VERY dense in APL.. Mind you, today Matlab would do almost the same)
See http://www.sigapl.org/whyapl.htm (scary thing is, I've actually used APL on both the STSC timesharing systems and the IBM 5100) The following statement appears there: Several people have written BASIC compilers in APL. I also like this one, in the FAQ-like section at the end: DP managers will lose control if 'everybody' does his or her own thing by having individual access to computers On 9/5/08 6:26 AM, "Mark Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Somewhere out there is a complete Fortran compiler written in APL that fits on a single 8.5x11 inch sheet of paper... Beware, programmers have turned to screaming, blithering idiots with bits of their brains oozing out all of their orifices just by glancing at that page. ---------------------------------------- Not quite as horrid as the guys who felt I necessary to write APL "one-liners". This elevated obscurity to a whole new art form. D. _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows Mobile brings your life together-at home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
