APL: A Language for Lyrical Programming

The student said that it's kind of like poetry. And they reminded me there's an old article from 77 by Alan Perles called In Praise of APL, a language for lyrical programming. So I guess it's not a first to think of APL as poetry. Bob: When I'm really in the moment and I'm programming, I get that same feeling as if I'm trying to be so precise with my language.