Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
Path: watmath!ljdickey
From: ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L. J. Dickey)
Subject: Re: APL for MICRO VAX II
Message-ID: <1991Sep10.174235.29433@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <9109061650.AA02393@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1991 17:42:35 GMT
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In article <9109061650.AA02393@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> liebtag@stlvm20.vnet.ibm.com ("David Liebtag") writes:
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>   Are there any versions of APL available for a Micro VAX II?

Yes, several.
In principle anything that runs on a VAX will run on a MicroVAX.
(Someone with more experience than I may know otherwise.)
Which APL depends on wich operating system one uses on the MicroVAX.
If MicroVMS is used, then DECs own APL may be used.  This has the
advantage of having great "hooks" into the operating system and
the ability to connect with other MicroVMS software.  
If MicroVMS is used, then WATCOM APL may be used.
If Ultrix or 4.x BSD is used, there is an APL called APL\11 which is
available to holders of UNIX license.  As it comes off the tape,
it is buggy.  Ken Yap, mentioned in this news group before, did
some great work cleaning up the code (removing byte order
dependencies, and so on), but his corrections were not (to my
knowledge) folded into the BSD distribution.  It is a pity.

>   Are there any free versions available?

As mentioned above, APL\11.
Also, J runs under Ultrix and BSD systems.  It is free to those
with internet FTP connections, and soon, we hope, by e-mail.

>   Are there are versions available which can be purchased with
>Soviet Rubles?

I don't know.  I suppose one should check with DEC and/or WATCOM.

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