SETL Programming Language

(en.wikipedia.org)

10 points | by usgroup 4 hours ago

4 comments

  • redsymbol 3 hours ago
    This is where list comprehensions came from! Like we have in modern Python, Haskell and more. SETL was the first language to use comprehensions in its core syntax.
  • compsciphd 2 hours ago
    isetl was what we used for my discrete math course 20 years ago or so. I remember other students complaining about having to learn it. "when are we going to use this language".
  • usgroup 3 hours ago
    Doing Advent of Code 2025 in SETL this year.
  • pjmlp 3 hours ago
    Another good example of how languages were already progressing during the 1960's.