Re: Best/Densest languages [was RE: PROGRAMMING: Free Tools]

From: Darin Sunley (rsunley@escape.ca)
Date: Sun Sep 26 1999 - 11:44:53 MDT


"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:

> What is currently the densest language (i.e. the fewest
> lines on the part of the programmer, result in the greatest
> amount of work on the part of the machine?) SQL?
>
> Robert

I would speculate that interpreted self-modifying LISP code would be up there.
That or APL.

Come to think of it, definitely APL.

(Did anybody ever even try to make a self modifying variant of APL?)

Darin Sunley
rsunley@scape.ca



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