What does ⍋⍋ even mean? (2023) (blog.wilsonb.com)

by tosh • 21 comments • 43 points

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[−] magicalhippo 37d ago

I see weird symbols like that I think APL. I haven't touched APL but I know weird symbols when I see it.

And checking the article... Tags: apl

[−] cocodill 37d ago

Aren't those the Twin Pines from Back to the Future?

[−] stirfish 37d ago

Did you mean the Lone Pine?

[−] cheschire 37d ago

You space bastard! You killed my pine!

[−] arto 37d ago

My very first thought as well.

[−] Qem 37d ago

Appears like the twin pines cooperativism symbol.

[−] semiquaver 37d ago

What does [APL] even mean?

[−] dbt00 37d ago

an obscure but very powerful matrix-centered programming language usually considered to be "write only", as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.

[−] zem 37d ago

"a programming language".