Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
Path: watmath!ljdickey
From: ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L. J. Dickey)
Subject: Re: implementation summary requested
Message-ID: <1992Mar9.030501.21708@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <22357@alice.att.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1992 03:05:01 GMT
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In article <22357@alice.att.com> ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes:
>Does someone have available a summary of what APL implementations are
>presently available for desktop machines?  Possibilities include
>Sparc, 386+Windows (8 meg), Macintosh (portable, 6 meg).
>
>My main purpose is to learn something about the nested-array world.
>I was a heavy APL user in the 70's (indeed, I once wrote an entire
>on-line student registration system in APL) and would like to renew
>my acquaintance.
>
>Because this would be primarily for educational purposes, cost is
>definitely a factor.  Moreover, I am willing to give up speed and
>capacity (workspace size, etc.) for functionality.


PC: 		STSC, APL2, SharpAPL, TryAPL2, I-APL, J.
Mac:  		APL.68000, J
Sparc: 		J

Of the above, SharpAPL, TryAPL2, I-APL, and J are available
from the internet file server
	watserv1.uwaterloo.ca	( 129.97.129.140 )
	~/languages/apl 
by anonymous ftp.

	TryAPL2 is a demo of APL2,
	I-APL is freeware.
	J is shareware.
	Sharp APL shareware.


-- 
Leroy J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, U of Waterloo, Canada  N2L 3G1
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               ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu
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