Re: Syntax and redundancy

[Chris Marrin <chris@...>]

Stefano Lanzavecchia wrote:
> ...
> > Good point. In fact, forget about these newfangled computer screens. 
> > To program APL you will need an IBM selectric terminal with your own 
> > APL typeball. Now THAT was programming :-)
>
>
> I noticed the smiley... Nevertheless I'll have to chime in... How happens
> that I and 15 of my colleagues program daily in APL without feeling the need
> for an IBM selectric terminal with our own typeball? ;) APL has moved a long
> way since... 

Ha! Computer screens. Why I remember when we didn't have computer 
screens or keeeyboards. We had to chisel our code on stone tablets, walk 
10 miles up a steep, wolverine infested mountain, hand the tablets to 
the oracle and then wait three weeks for a reply, even if we had syntax 
errors... AND WE LIKED IT!

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