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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Most of his work is financial applications for which APL matrix operations are well suited, and he claims he can deliver completed applications in the time it will take developers working in other languages to determine how long it will take them to do what the RFC calls for.  |
I first ran into APL in engineering modelling, then in financial services - plagued by a horde of quants. Its fine when its used for its intended domain, but some folks try to apply it inappropriately - like bread and butter record keeping applications, or in one case instrument control
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APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past; it creates a new generation of coding bums. (Edger Dijkstra)
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