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From: Adam Ruth <adam.ruth@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request
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In article <cvySc.290200$XM6.53864@attbi_s53>,
 Larry Elmore <ljelmore_@_comcast_._net> wrote:

> fabio de francesco wrote:
> > 
> > I can't imagine anything less readable than Perl. I see it like the
> > exact opposite of Ada for that.
> 
> J is definitely harder to read than Perl. It's a descendent of APL, but 
> replaced the special symbols with combinations of punctuation symbols. 
> Like APL, you can write some incredible one-liners, but even you won't 
> be able to easily figure out what it does a week later.
> 
> http://www.jsoftware.com
> 
> --Larry


I think that BF wins, hands down, for the hardest to read language.

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