• Arghblarg@lemmy.ca
    19·
    3 months ago

    That is, I’m guessing, either BQN or Uiua?

    I have dabbled in APL, and it can be written either as ‘line noise’ like this, or as readable as any other language, with comments, control blocks and clear variable names. Let’s just say I have … opinions on tacit programming like this.

    • Mikina@programming.dev
      3·
      3 months ago

      First time I’m seeing Uiua, and I like it. It’s kind of cute, even though I know I’ll probably never use it.

      However, seeing one of their goals being “code that is as short as possible while remaining readable” is kind of ironic, given how it looks and reads. But I don’t mind, it’s still pretty adorable.

      It looks like it’s hell to learn and write. It’s possible that once you learn all the glyphs (which IMO adds unneccessary complexity that goes against their goal of being readable), it might be easier to parse. I’m probably not the target audience, though.

  • somegeek@programming.dev
    7·
    3 months ago

    I kinda like the idea of Uiua. It’s extreme and meme, but the concept is really interesting. I think our language and writing limits us, and in 30-40 years with enhanced interfaces and cognitions, we will be using things like this.

    Similar to how ancient Persians used 3D handwriting to convey much more data in compact forms.

    • mykl@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 months ago

      I’m more like the sorcerer’s apprentice watching my arrays get increasingly out of my control :-)

  • marcos@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 months ago

    Yeah, doesn’t look like APL to me, but I don’t know it well enough to tell for certain.

    Either way, that much code in a language that is at least as concise as APL… what is this? a full office suite?