alt Hacker NewsAs a language it is lovely, if you're a fan of minimalism -- being stack-happy, like FORTH. It is well worth learning even just to flex the mind, but especially if you need to make complex diagrams and value stable APIs.
As a language it is lovely, if you're a fan of minimalism -- being stack-happy, like FORTH. It is well worth learning even just to flex the mind, but especially if you need to make complex diagrams and value stable APIs.
METAPOST seems to be similarly stable, and has an interesting programming/math model (DEK keeps it open in window and uses it (or METAFONT which it is based on?) for interactive math).