Design Patterns vs Anti pattern in APL by Aaron W Hsu at FnConf17

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a terrific talk on APL readability and on the idea of idioms over libraries.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

ConfEngine

Topic

apl programming style

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• All of the languages you mentioned are watered-down and inferior versions of the programming models invented by APL and J. By that I don't mean that APL/J are unilaterally better -- there are plenty of practical reasons to choose R/Matlab/numpy -- but they are unquestionably …

• > It feels like there's an unexplored dimension of abstraction here. Something where generics, interfaces and higher order functions are too static and low level primitives. Something where it's really difficult to pinpoint what exactly is the repeated pattern here and how to exploit it. …

• Qualification: I was introduced to FP a number of years ago and have finally reached a point where I feel that I have a deep understanding of FP in general. In my mind, Haskell is the "best" language out there ("best" in that it provides …