[kwlug-disc] Off Topic: APL

[William Park]

I don't miss APL.  APL died for a reason.
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William

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 02:01:48PM -0500, jvj at golden.net wrote:
> +1 for "sheer power of that language/platform": APL.
> 
> The APL system
> function I mentioned was one of the many I-beam functions identified by
> a symbol that looked like an I-Beam.
> I never used a PC version of APL.
> And have never seen a comparable "language/platform".
> At the time, I did
> not have the background in math to understand and appreciate the power
> of APL.
> JohnJ