[kwlug-disc] The programming language debate may have been won....

Doug Moen doug at moens.org
Sun Dec 8 21:22:18 EST 2024


Yes, but consider that APL and a few of its descendents are the only languages to use the heavy metal ümläüt (¨) as an operator. The general prevalence of arcane magickal symbols in APL must also be counted in its favour.

References:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut
 * https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Each

On Mon, Dec 9, 2024, at 1:26 AM, R. Brent Clements wrote:
> The most metal language by that measure would have to be something like Verilog--A language that literally describes the metal itself :-P
> 
> Brent
> 
> On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 at 20:18, Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
>> __
>> Isn’t it well established that Java is the least 𝔐𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔩 programming language?
>> 
>> I was thinking about which language is the most metal. I came up with Assembly Language and APL, for different reasons.
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 8, 2024, at 11:29 PM, R. Brent Clements wrote:
>>> Came across this...
>>> 
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yup8gIXxWDU
>>> 
>>> Brent
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