What does ⍋⍋ even mean? (2023)

(blog.wilsonb.com)

32 points | by tosh 3 days ago

4 comments

  • magicalhippo 1 hour ago
    I see weird symbols like that I think APL. I haven't touched APL but I know weird symbols when I see it.

    And checking the article... Tags: apl

  • cocodill 2 hours ago
    Aren't those the Twin Pines from Back to the Future?
    • stirfish 2 hours ago
      Did you mean the Lone Pine?
      • cheschire 2 hours ago
        You space bastard! You killed my pine!
    • arto 1 hour ago
      My very first thought as well.
  • Qem 1 hour ago
    Appears like the twin pines cooperativism symbol.
  • semiquaver 1 hour ago
    What does [APL] even mean?
    • dbt00 1 hour ago
      an obscure but very powerful matrix-centered programming language usually considered to be "write only", as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.
      • jonahx 1 hour ago
        > usually considered to be "write only"

        Only by the ignorant and uninitiated.

      • bossyTeacher 47 minutes ago
        > as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.

        Can you even read what you wrote several years ago?

        • gerdesj 28 minutes ago
          40 years ago (at school) I generally wrote in ink - edged and straight nibs, blue and black ink because I liked it. I learned several formal styles as well as my idiosyncratic efforts. I did have biros and fibre tips etc available. I had loads of choice. My parent's generation was probably the last of the ink and nib first users.
        • dylan604 41 minutes ago
          Wait, isn't that what they say about perl?
    • zem 1 hour ago
      "a programming language".