A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. –Alan Perlis

see also

• Thinking in an Array Language

• Advent of Code 2024 and BQN - Discovering array languages in the last year was one of the great joys of my programming career. They’ve made me see my work differently and made me a better programmer in general. If only I could find good reasons to use them for more general programming tasks in my every day work!

• The Origins of APL – 1974 - HN
• Learning APL
• Notation as a Tool of Thought / HN
• The APL Source Code (2012)