write-only language
A language with syntax (or semantics) sufficiently dense and bizarre that any
routine of significant size is automatically write-only code. A sobriquet
applied occasionally to C and often to APL, though INTERCAL and TECO certainly
deserve it more.
Nearby terms:
write buffer « Write-Once Read-Many « write-only
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write-only language » write-only memory »
write-through » write-thru
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