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From: jhowland@.engr.trinity.edu (John Howland)
Subject: Re: Control Stuctures in APL 
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In article <735130649snz@apl.demon.co.uk>, bowman@apl.demon.co.uk (Dick Bowman) writes:
|> In article <1993Apr15.202612.9278@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM> rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM writes:
|> 
|> >In article <russur.734741204@convex.convex.com> russur@convex.com (Russ
|> > Urquhart) writes:
|> >>In <734468246snz@apl.demon.co.uk> bowman@apl.demon.co.uk (Dick Bowman) writes:
|> >>
|> >>To make a comment that was made earlier .re looping structures and how they
|> >>can be cast within APL. I recall back from my college days, and Dr. Howland if
|> [...lots of stuff deleted...]
|> 
|> Since I feel in danger of being misquoted here (the stuff about Dr. Howland
|> is from Russ Urquhart, I think - definitely not me), can I restate my view:

I think that Russ Urquhart was referring to another student rather myself.

|> [1] APL's array orientation means that a lot of the explicit code structuring
|> of scalar languages can be replaced by the implicit data structuring of APL.
|> 
|> [3] I worry that improved APL capabilities in this area might lead to even
|> poorer coding techniques than are already common in the field.|> 
|> [4] Bob Bernecky is absolutely correct in his statement that many real-life
|> problems, especially those that interact witht he real world, will benefit
|> from a more sophisticated flow of control mechanism.

I agree with both Bernecky and Bowman on these points.

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