Dyalog: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Conway's Game Of Life in APL", recommended whenever APL or array languages come up as the quickest way to see why the paradigm is so striking.
- 11 HN recommenders 10 months 2010–2024demoRecommended whenever APL or array languages come up as the quickest way to see why the paradigm is so striking.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2015–2022demoStrongly recommended as a beautiful demonstration that APL can be read and reasoned about step by step.
- 2 HN recommenders 3 months 2019–2021tutorialHN commenters call it a beautiful, brilliant demonstration of APL's expressiveness and a model of clear narration.
Questions
Which Dyalog video does Hacker News recommend most?
Conway's Game Of Life in APL: recommended in 10 different months by 11 HN users between 2010 and 2024.
Is this every Dyalog video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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