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From: "David Liebtag" <LIEBTAG@STLVM20.VNET.IBM.COM>
Subject: Lack of APL Discussions
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 15:26:59 GMT

I too have wondered why there isn't more APL discussion.  I know in
my case I either don't have time or like Bill Heagy I simply don't
have questions.

There's something that helps confuse me even more.  Within IBM we
have our own bulletin boards.  At my last count, there are something
like 250 groups dedicated to APL topics spread across 4 or 5
bulletin boards.  At any given time, there are probably 10 to 20
active groups.

Given the activity on our boards, I am surprised that there isn't
more activity on the comp.lang.apl group.

Is it possible that APL has traditionally provided a nice safe
environment that's pretty insulated from the operating system
and many APLers never got outside the APL environment enough to
find their way into things like the network?


Regards,
David Liebtag
