I would never call APL intuitive, because of all the symbols you have to learn, but IMHO it is well integrated and has some poweful mechanisms. If it only had more modern control structures and name spaces.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of John McKown [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 11:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rexx parse using period as placeholder On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 9:47 AM Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> wrote: > Now, that is a bunch of BS. > > Old timers do want to learn new things, but... > > Our minds have been trained over many years to use logic paths that are > built on 'logic'. Some of the newer tools being used conflict with those > ingrained thought processes because they are designed contrary to how we > look at 'logic'. > > Regular Expressions are more 'magic' than 'logic'. :-) > > My boss a favorite expression when things conflict with previous training: > > "My just hurts my brain!" > > I can say positively that I tried to understand Regular Expressions and > all it did was make my brain hurt. > Then this book: https://smile.amazon.com/Mastering-Regular-Expressions-Jeffrey-Friedl/dp/0596528124/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=regular+expressions&qid=1582819622&sr=8-2 will make your brain melt. :-} I love regular expressions. But, then again, I think APL2 is a really intuitive language. Imagine mixing them into one! {ack, my eyes, I'm blinded by the brillance! } {giggle} > > Tony Thigpen > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
