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Contemporary inscribing technology supports multiple languages and writing systems. (A Japanese web page will casually mix three to five different scripts.) The elegant and distinctive glyphs of APL are by no means the most exotic writing system my PC supports today. | Contemporary inscribing technology supports multiple languages and writing systems. (A Japanese web page will casually mix three to five different scripts.) The elegant and distinctive glyphs of APL are by no means the most exotic writing system my PC supports today. | ||
Iverson insisted upon the importance of his notation as a tool of thought. Similarly, Paul Graham has written of | Iverson insisted upon the importance of his notation as a tool of thought. Similarly, Paul Graham has written of [http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html coding as an essential part] of exploration and design. The terse and distinctive signs of APL increase its utility, but only if they can be typed as well as written. | ||
Recent technology made APL’s glyphs relatively inaccessible, and correspondingly less useful as a tool of thought. Current technology makes them once again accessible, and more useful than they have been for decades. | Recent technology made APL’s glyphs relatively inaccessible, and correspondingly less useful as a tool of thought. Current technology makes them once again accessible, and more useful than they have been for decades. | ||