> Ideographs take longer to recognize but contain more information.
I think this is a huge part of what makes it hard for people. You have to read denser code slower. APL code can easily have 1/10th of the characters when compared to code in popular languages. If you read at the same speed then you're reading... ten times as fast. That's a bit much to ask. You could read a five times slower and you're still covering information at twice the speed.
I think this is a huge part of what makes it hard for people. You have to read denser code slower. APL code can easily have 1/10th of the characters when compared to code in popular languages. If you read at the same speed then you're reading... ten times as fast. That's a bit much to ask. You could read a five times slower and you're still covering information at twice the speed.