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Comment by wassenaar10

5 years ago

Somehow still more readable than actual J code

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avmich  5 years ago

Unlikely. The point of writing C in this manner was to bring C closer to APL - or J, which was an evolution of APL at the time. So that J interpreter would be written in a form of J language. J language itself doesn't need to satisfy also C syntax, so J code is somewhat easier.

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