Re:Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still b...
by alfalfasprout on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @08:13PM
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APLs are really nice, though! I think they scare away newcomers since they look like brainfuck but it's incredible how you can write fairly intricate programs with one-liners. Also can be incredibly fast since array operations are straightforward to vectorize.
I just wish the K language or KDB+ was open sourced. We'd see people from just about every industry drooling over how nice it is.
I just wish the K language or KDB+ was open sourced. We'd see people from just about every industry drooling over how nice it is.