Sine of the times.

[carey]

(06-18-2024 07:49 PM)johnb Wrote:  Mathematician Kenneth Iverson also balked at these inconsistencies in math notation, and sought to fix it once and for all.

APL was the result.

"Be careful what you wish for: you may get it..."

For anyone interested in array languages, of which APL is the most notable example, there's a podcast on array languages "The Array Cast". A recent episode was an interview with the developer of a free APL system (NARS2000) that includes a toolbar of APL glyphs (no APL keyboard needed), so you can decide if APL was a bad idea, a good idea, or just fun.