On: APL\3000 – HP Journal – July 1977 [pdf]

[unixhero]

mmm dat keyboard

[rbanffy → unixhero]

It was good, but the IBM beam spring ones were better. They still beat anything else, before or since.

I've played with J, but APL, with the symbols, feels nicer.

Even though it's almost impossible to dictate code to someone when pair programming.

[Fellshard → rbanffy]

There's a few videos on YouTube of someone demoing APL in a modern context, and dictating the meaning of the symbols aloud; it felt strangely cryptic, but I'm sure someone who's worked with APL for some time would probably be able to latch onto it okay.

[unixhero → Fellshard]

Maybe it's this guy https://www.youtube.com/user/Chyrosran22/videos

[Fellshard → unixhero]

Ahh, to clarify: Not the keyboard, but the language itself, live-coding some things.

[rbanffy → unixhero]

His keyboard reviews are awesome. It's keyboard porn.

[drallison → rbanffy]

There are English names for all of the special APL symbols so speaking in APL was both possible and common.