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Easier communication means faster coding means fewer coders means ...

My father who was a really good APLer and taught me all the basics of APL (and much more), passed away on this day, five years ago. In preparation for 50 Years of APL, I found this patent letter (translated for the convenience of those who do not read Danish) for a handwritten logo. It explains a major reason for APL never gaining a large user base – a reason which of course applies to all of this community's amazing golfing languages too:


A 3497/77 Req. 29th Aug. 1977 at 13

EASIER COMMUNICATION MEANS FASTER CODING MEANS FEWER CODERS MEANS ...

Henri Brudzewsky, engineering consultancy company, Mindevej 28, Søborg,

class 9, including computers, especially APL coded computers,
class 42: IT service agency company, especially during use of APL coded computers.


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Produce infinitely repeating output of the text EASIER COMMUNICATION MEANS FASTER CODING MEANS FEWER CODERS MEANS with no newlines. You may begin the text with EASIER or FASTER or FEWER.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I'm not familiar with LOLCODE. How does this output forever? \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 7, 2017 at 11:49
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Challenger5 IM IN YR ... and IM OUTTA YR ... form an infinite loop. \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 7, 2017 at 12:09
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    \$\begingroup\$ You can remove HAI and KTHXBYE as compilers don't require them. Also, no exclamation at end of VISIBLE. \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 7, 2017 at 17:14
  • \$\begingroup\$ @OldBunny2800 What version of LOLCODE are you using? In this version, the trailing ! suppresses the carriage return after printing. \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 9, 2017 at 9:29
  • \$\begingroup\$ Oh, I forgot about the no-line-break rule. I didn't realize LOLCODE had a way to do this! \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 9, 2017 at 11:31

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