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		pavlov 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Ideal Array Language Hmm. I guess it if was BQM, it would be pronounced “bequem” which means comfortable in German. And a comfortable APL is clearly an oxymoron.

mlochbaum 8 months ago [–]

Ordinarily I'd make fun of the Germans for giving such an ugly name to a nice concept, but I've always found "comfortable" to be rather unpleasant too (the root "comfort" is fine).

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