Why prefer != over <> for Python 3.0?

John J. Lee jjl at pobox.com
Tue Apr 1 16:17:29 EDT 2008


"Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-py2 at yahoo.com.ar> writes:
[...]
>> There was a version of APL for the Sinclair QL which replaced the
>> standard APL symbols with keywords.
>
> Wow, APL on 8 bits?
> Now there is (or perhaps there was) J, a reincarnation of APL by
> Iverson  himself that uses ASCII characters only.

The BBC Model B ran I-APL, too.

Sitting on my desk is a copy of "I-APL Instruction Manual for PC
Clones, RML Nimbus, BBC Master & B, and Archimedes", along with a few
other APL books and a pile of newsletters, waiting to be thrown away
:-(  I got a copy because they were giving it away free to schools.
Poisoning young minds ;-)

How did programmers manage back then in 32k?  Less software
development, more jigsaw puzzle.


John



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