Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:23:46 01/19/99
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On January 18, 1999 at 11:10:20, Robert Pope wrote: >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? not sure you would get 2 bytes on all platforms. most are 4, and most would be floating point. > >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. basically, if your program is more than one line long, it isn't 'APL'. :) that's the point. It is most useful for math stuff on arrays. But you have to learn a bunch of operators to become efficient... > >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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