Author: Robert Pope
Date: 08:10:20 01/18/99
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On January 17, 1999 at 00:22:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: An >>>example: I teach a programming language course and cover some esoteric things >>>like APL, prolog, etc. And when I assign a program in (say) APL to students, Someone actually teaches APL? Wow! I just assumed that we were all self-taught with "APL made easy" :) When I first started learning it, I toyed with the idea of APLChess because of its array processing abilities, but soon junked the idea because each element would be 2bytes instead of 1bit. Correct assumption? I had to laugh when you mentioned the programs written in APL, but with C syntax. I did just that when first learning it. Then my manager wrote his own version in "proper" APL and showed it to me. It was pretty humbling since I considered myself a pretty fair programmer. There's just no comparison between a novice's and expert's capabilities when dealing with something that requires a different mindset. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see this apply to bitboards, as well, and not just APL. Regards, Rob Pope
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