Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxn!res From: res@ihuxn.UUCP (Rich Strebendt) Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: GSZood scientific programming language Message-ID: <726@ihuxn.UUCP> Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 17:55:10 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxn.726 Posted: Thu Jun 21 17:55:10 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 20:55:31 EDT References: <1711@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 9 I have used both FORTRAN and APL (among many other languages) and I came to the conclusion that APL is the world's only write-only language! The standard technique for fixing a bug in an APL program is to rewrite the whole program ... FINDING the bug in an APL program is much more difficult than in any other language I have used. By the way, has anyone ever found a way to write structured APL? Rich Strebendt ...!ihnp4!ihuxn!res