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Re:The Array Cast – A podcast about the array programming la... by userbinator on Thursday May 20, 2021 @09:43AM (#27221000)
I bet Chinese and Japanese look like that to someone who knows only English too.
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Re:The Array Cast – A podcast about the array programming la... by Avshalom on Thursday May 20, 2021 @10:53AM (#27221882)
As some one who only knows English. No that is not what Chinese and Japanese look like to me.

That's why I prefer APL and its special symbols. It's still utterly inscrutable if you don't know it but at it looks intentional. Those symbols shift your mindset or reframe what you're looking at.

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