May 15, 2003

write-only language

n.

A language with syntax (or semantics) sufficiently dense and bizarre that any routine of significant size is automatically write-only code. A sobriquet applied occasionally to C and often to APL, though INTERCAL and TECO certainly deserve it more. See also Befunge.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:22 AM

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