OT: Language for the ages

[Stan Barr]

Hi,

Chuck Guzis said:
> On 10/15/2005 at 10:31 AM Fred Cisin wrote:
> 
> >APL
> >
> >It appears to be a subset of Egyption hieroglyphics,
> >and is obscure enough that there will be few attempts
> >to program in it by people ungamiliar with the language.
> 
> Is there any other language that suffers as much from the "one liner"
> syndrome--that is, the perverse pride of being able to do something obscure
> with a single unreadable line of code?
> 
> LISP maybe?

It used to be a popular pastime with FORTHers.  

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