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in thread Precedence design question...'x' & arith

The fewer symbols needed to describe an idea, the easier it is to get across meaning.
Have you ever tried to read APL?
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Re^10: Precedence design question...'x' & arith
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 26, 2013 at 20:08 UTC

    APL is positively verbose compared to this language:

    GZ0J\UNQN"E 40UN ' BUH BUV HK QN< J BUQ QN*10/3UI QI< \+2*10+(QQ*QI)UA B L K QI*2-1UJ QA/QJUQ QA-(QQ*QJ)-2\ 10@I// -1%I > QQ/10UT QH+QT+48UW QW-58"E 48UW %V ' QV"N QV^T ' QWUV QQ-(QT*10)UH > QV^T @^A/ /HKEX$$

    That's a complete program to calculate pi to an arbitrary number of digits.

    Bonus points for guessing the language :)


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