Write-only language

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Write-only language is a derogatory term for a programming language whose syntax is considered inscrutable. The phrase "write-only" is a play on read-only memory.

Many programmers believe that certain languages make it easy to write (subjectively) "bad" programs. In such a language it would be more difficult to read, understand, and modify existing source code than to start over and rewrite it from scratch. Languages that are often derided as write-only include TECO, APL, and Perl.

Bibliography

[Write-Only Language] entry in the Jargon File

See also

• Write Only Memory

 

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