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In computer humor, a write-only language is a pejorative term for a programming language alleged to have syntax or semantics sufficiently dense and bizarre that any routine of significant size is too difficult to understand by other programmers and cannot be safely edited. Similarly, write-only code is source code so arcane, complex, or ill-structured that it cannot be reliably modified or even comprehended by anyone with the possible exception of the author. The code below for example is Conway's Game of Life as written in APL2:

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  • In computer humor, a write-only language is a pejorative term for a programming language alleged to have syntax or semantics sufficiently dense and bizarre that any routine of significant size is too difficult to understand by other programmers and cannot be safely edited. Similarly, write-only code is source code so arcane, complex, or ill-structured that it cannot be reliably modified or even comprehended by anyone with the possible exception of the author. Languages that have been derided as write-only include APL, C/C++, Perl, Forth, Scala and Lisp, as well as Dynamic debugging technique (DDT), Text Editor and Corrector (TECO), Mathematica, IGOR Pro, Rust, and the regular expression syntax used in various languages. Attributes that these languages have in common include a large set of operators and a syntax which encourages, or at least permits, the writing of very dense code. Some also have syntaxes which are very different from other languages, and some use different character sets such as APL. The code below for example is Conway's Game of Life as written in APL2: ⍎'⎕',∊N⍴⊂S←'←⎕←(3=T)∨M∧2=T←⊃+/(V⌽¨⊂M),(V⊖¨⊂M),(V,⌽V)⌽¨(V,V←1 -1)⊖¨⊂M' (en)
  • 在中，只写语言（英語：write-only language）是一个貶義词，指的是一种编程语言，据称它的语法或语义足够密集和奇怪，以至于任何大规模的例行程序都很难被其他程序员理解，因此无法安全地编辑。类似地，只写代码是一种非常神秘、复杂或结构不良的源代码，除了作者之外，任何人都无法可靠地修改或理解它。只写代码也称为line noise，这表明该代码看起来像通信线路中信号噪声中的伪字符。在这样的语言中，阅读、理解和修改现有的源代码比从头开始重写更困难。 而只读语言这个术语使用得更少，它是指具有很多边界条件的系统，只能通过不断的实验而不是根据第一原理来编写代码。其他程序员完全可以读懂这样的代码，但想把同样的代码放到别的场景运行几乎注定会失败。 (zh)
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  • 在中，只写语言（英語：write-only language）是一个貶義词，指的是一种编程语言，据称它的语法或语义足够密集和奇怪，以至于任何大规模的例行程序都很难被其他程序员理解，因此无法安全地编辑。类似地，只写代码是一种非常神秘、复杂或结构不良的源代码，除了作者之外，任何人都无法可靠地修改或理解它。只写代码也称为line noise，这表明该代码看起来像通信线路中信号噪声中的伪字符。在这样的语言中，阅读、理解和修改现有的源代码比从头开始重写更困难。 而只读语言这个术语使用得更少，它是指具有很多边界条件的系统，只能通过不断的实验而不是根据第一原理来编写代码。其他程序员完全可以读懂这样的代码，但想把同样的代码放到别的场景运行几乎注定会失败。 (zh)
  • In computer humor, a write-only language is a pejorative term for a programming language alleged to have syntax or semantics sufficiently dense and bizarre that any routine of significant size is too difficult to understand by other programmers and cannot be safely edited. Similarly, write-only code is source code so arcane, complex, or ill-structured that it cannot be reliably modified or even comprehended by anyone with the possible exception of the author. The code below for example is Conway's Game of Life as written in APL2: (en)
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  • Write-only language (en)
  • 只写语言 (zh)
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