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There is a friendly rivalry between adherents of various APLs and derivatives which can lead to tongue-in-cheek attacks. | There is a friendly rivalry between adherents of various APLs and derivatives which can lead to tongue-in-cheek attacks. | ||
* ''APL vs J vs K''<ref>Nick Nickolov. Chat message {{m|51655962}}. [[APL Orchard]]. 10 Sep 2019.</ref> is a collage of nine images that purport to illustrate how adherents of APL, [[J]], and [[K]], see the other languages. Going in [[ravel order]], APLers think of APL as the ultimate | * ''APL vs J vs K''<ref>Nick Nickolov. Chat message {{m|51655962}}. [[APL Orchard]]. 10 Sep 2019.</ref> is a collage of nine images that purport to illustrate how adherents of APL, [[J]], and [[K]], see the other languages. Going in [[ravel order]], APLers think of APL as the ultimate tool of thought, J as APL's little brother that is too focused on mathematics, and K as being too restricted. J users see APL as the revered sage that has outlived itself using foreign (Chinese) characters that do not fit into a normal rectangle (thus being cut off on the right), J as the perfect all-round tool, and K as running after monetary gain (K being very fast, and often used for [[wikipedia:high-frequency trading|high-frequency trading]]). K users see APL as bloated and old, J as bloated and a joke full of <syntaxhighlight lang=j inline>.</syntaxhighlight>s and <syntaxhighlight lang=j inline>:</syntaxhighlight>s (as these two characters are used as suffixes to expand the number of ASCII symbols), and K as the key to winning the race. | ||
== Criticism of APL == | == Criticism of APL == | ||
Some features of APL are often ridiculed by APLers. | Some features of APL are often ridiculed by APLers. Chief among them is the ability to set [[index origin]], which leads to [[wikipedia:off-by-one error|off-by-one error]]s even more often in APL than usually seen in programming. | ||
[[File:Aplbingo.png|right|thumb|Some APLers may enjoy playing a game of "complaint bingo" when conversing with the unreceptive.]] | |||
* [[Roger Hui]], a strong proponent of fixing index origin ― <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⎕IO</syntaxhighlight> ― at zero is known for often inserting the phrase ''<syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⎕IO</syntaxhighlight> delenda est'' based on Cato's famous Latin oratorical phrase ''[[wikipedia:Carthago delenda est|Carthago delenda est]]''. | * [[Roger Hui]], a strong proponent of fixing index origin ― <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⎕IO</syntaxhighlight> ― at zero is known for often inserting the phrase ''<syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⎕IO</syntaxhighlight> delenda est'' based on Cato's famous Latin oratorical phrase ''[[wikipedia:Carthago delenda est|Carthago delenda est]]''. | ||