Re: Best/Densest languages [was RE: PROGRAMMING: Free Tools]

Darin Sunley (rsunley@escape.ca)
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 12:44:53 -0500

"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:

> What is currently the densest language (i.e. the fewest
> lines on the part of the programmer, result in the greatest
> amount of work on the part of the machine?) SQL?
>
> Robert

I would speculate that interpreted self-modifying LISP code would be up there. That or APL.

Come to think of it, definitely APL.

(Did anybody ever even try to make a self modifying variant of APL?)

Darin Sunley
rsunley@scape.ca