Subject: Re: apl interpreter
From: mclean@futon.SFSU.EDU (Emmett Mclean)
Date: 10 Feb 94 22:50:50 PST
Organization: San Francisco State University

 drieer@saturn.wwc.edu writes:
>Does anybody know where I can get a free apl interpeter (or something that
>will let me write small simple programs) on the net?

 If you are interested in an interpreter - say in the sense of extending
 an existing APL and integrating your C or FORTRAN code to make new
 new operators - I would encourage you to use J.

 The advantage of using J over any other APL is that :

 1. It is extremely easy to put your favorite functions into J
    and call them as foreign conjunctions.

 2. You can use the C functions of the J interpreter to manipulate
    your data.

 3. J is platform independent.

 Of course, some might argue that J is even simpler to use than APL :)

 Emmett
