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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: How to Choose a Programming Language
Message-ID: <16118@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 11 May 91 02:03:24 GMT
References: <1991May9.231820.26867@utstat.uucp> <14338@ucrmath.ucr.edu> <1991May10.083024.15828@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
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In article <1991May10.083024.15828@nntp-server.caltech.edu> toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>We went over APL in programming paradigms class last week, the prof wanted to
>get it over with quickly. ...

It's too bad you got a biased presentation of the language.
In actuality, one can code intelligibly in APL, and it has great
expressive power.  I've seen some cryptographic applications that
would take hundreds or thousands of times the effort to implement
in Algol-like languages.  It's handy for interactive exploration
of data, and indeed the "S" language is somewhat inspired by APL.