Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.wanted:1059 comp.sys.mac.programmer:17575 comp.lang.apl:505
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!cernvax!chx400!ethz!mrys
From: mrys@ethz.UUCP (Michael Rys)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.lang.apl
Subject: Re: Looking for APL compiler/interpretor.
Keywords: apl
Message-ID: <6134@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 20 Sep 90 00:42:18 GMT
References: <20338@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <1990Sep18.164928.15612@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <7745@milton.u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: mrys@bernina.UUCP (Michael Rys)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
Lines: 59

In article <7745@milton.u.washington.edu> allyn@milton.u.washington.edu (Allyn Weaks) writes:
>umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson) writes:
>>In article <20338@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> hamdyz@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Zikif Hamdy)
>writes:
>>>
>>>I am looking for APL (A Programming Language) compiler or interpretor
>>>that runs on Apple Macintosh. Prefer non-commercial program. Shareware
>>>is okay.
>
>>Here at the University of Manitoba the students use APL 68000 for course
>>work.  There is another APL package as well, can't remember the name

APL.68000 (and the new nested array APL.68000 Level II) are really great
APL interpreters, but I guess to expensive for your needs.

>The other main commercial APL is STSC APL*PLUS, which I have and use sometimes.
>But it has never been supported, and most copies don't work on 68020/30. Yeah,

STSC APL*PLUS for the Mac (aka Porta APL) is not supported anymore. I
like APL.68000 more.

>Another old commercial version is/was MacAPL from Leptonic Systems.  There's a
>demo version on sumex-aim.stanford.edu.  It had a nice mac interface.  I
>suspect it never really got finished, since it's author (Michael O'Conner) got
>distracted off onto the far more lucrative Compuserve navigator.

It is a real pity.

>There is/was a shareware version of APL90, but the copy I have broke with
>System 5.  Try writing to:

At APL90 I've got a copy which works under 6.0.*. It is a very
interesting APL.

>On the other hand, Iverson himself has just released Mac and pc versions of J.
>My check is in the mail, so I can't say much about it.  I've heard it uses
>ascii commands, and the binaries are too small for a real mac interface. (I
>haven't had a chance to download and test drive it yet.)  But it's by Iverson
>himself, so it's certainly worth a look.

There is currently no user interface at all (unless you call
stdin/stdout a user interface :-). I've heard Roger Hui is working on
one. Watch out for it. It is also true that J uses ASCII glyphs for J
verbs and adverbs (functions and operators for old APLers).

>Allyn Weaks
>allyn@milton.u.washington.edu

Hope this helps.../Michael

+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Michael Rys, V. Conzett Str. 34; CH-8004 Zuerich; Switzerland |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| UUCP:  mrys@ethz.UUCP or       EAN:     mrys@ifi.ethz.ch	|
|        mrys@bernina.UUCP       IPSANet: mrys@ipsaint		|
| Voice: +41 1 242 35 87					|
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
-- Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darueber muss man schweigen. --
       Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus logico-philosophicus