Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cubsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!rna!cubsvax!peters From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: When words are good and when words are bad Message-ID: <353@cubsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 18:39:34 EDT Article-I.D.: cubsvax.353 Posted: Thu Aug 1 18:39:34 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Aug-85 05:56:43 EDT References: <> Reply-To: peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin) Organization: Columbia Univ Biology, New York City Lines: 13 In article <> DHowell.ES@Xerox.ARPA writes: >It seems like there's this programming language called APL which uses >almost nothing but symbols. Does you think APL is more readable than >Pascal, Ada, C, etc.?.... > >Dan No, but it's a hell of a lot more WRITABLE!! You pays your money and takes your choice.... (I realize that this comment is irrelevant to the issue that inspired the remark in the first place, but what the hell; we're all bored to tears of that subject anyhow.) Peter Shenkin philabs!cubsvax!peters