What does ⍋⍋ even mean? (2023)

 (blog.wilsonb.com)

23 points | by tosh 3 days ago

4 comments

  • magicalhippo 21 minutes ago
    I see weird symbols like that I think APL. I haven't touched APL but I know weird symbols when I see it.

    And checking the article... Tags: apl

  • cocodill 1 hour ago
    Aren't those the Twin Pines from Back to the Future?
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    • arto 9 minutes ago
      My very first thought as well.
    • stirfish 1 hour ago
      Did you mean the Lone Pine?
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      • cheschire 47 minutes ago
        You space bastard! You killed my pine!
  • Qem 32 minutes ago
    Appears like the twin pines cooperativism symbol.
  • semiquaver 19 minutes ago
    What does [APL] even mean?
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    • dbt00 10 minutes ago
      an obscure but very powerful matrix-centered programming language usually considered to be "write only", as in impossible to read what someone else wrote.
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      • jonahx 2 minutes ago
        > usually considered to be "write only"

        Only by the ignorant and uninitiated.

    • zem 16 minutes ago
      "a programming language".