David Mankins (lain_7@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 02:47:23 JST

@cstross @karchie @graydon

Don’t forget APL and LISP, both predating SNOBOL (APL, as a language instead of a notation, was roughly contemporary with MUMPS, I think).

Interestingly, both APL and LISP basically started as *notations* — a better, parchment-preserving means to remember your incantations.

APL also has the cachet of arcane symbols.