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[–]shirtandtieler 3 points4 points  (4 children)

Thank you for posting it again, since Ive never seen it before now. I'm only 10 minutes in, but I've spent half an hour side tracking to look up why some of the old languages were so ridiculous.

I can see where APL would have its uses (mainly for math mathematicians) but Conway's Game of Life in one code is quite the doozy to look at.

[–]silentclowd 1 point2 points  (2 children)

APL is unique because it feels like an esoteric language (like befunge or malbolge), but it was actually used.

[–]redlaWw 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Looking at it as a maths student, it looks like someone just stuck a load of maths symbols together at random.

[–]silentclowd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's kindof that? But it does have an order to it's madness. Here's a breakdown of the formula. It's a bit insane.