Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!yetti!geac!braegen!ken
From: ken@braegen.UUCP (Ken Marchant)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
Subject: Re: Moving APL functions and variables
Message-ID: <110@braegen.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 17:07:52 EST
Article-I.D.: braegen.110
Posted: Fri Mar  6 17:07:52 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Mar-87 12:59:44 EST
References: <819@water.UUCP>
Organization: The Braegen Group Inc., Toronto Ontario CAN
Lines: 27

> I am interested in moving APL workspaces.  This could be done using the
> APL WorkSpace Interchange Standard (WSIS), but WSIS is difficult
> and not widely understood.
> 
> The idea is to be able easily to move APL functions and
> variables around this network and others.
> 
> We would carry on this exploration via a mailing list of
> all interested, or through the group  "comp.lang.apl".
> 
> Are you interested in exploring these questions too?
> 
> -- 
>  L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. 

Count me in. We do a lot of that junk here and have typically implemented
something either WSIS based (subset) or something sharish. The problems
we run into occur when floating point arrays are used and precision changes as 
a result of format on host and execute or quad FI or whatever on the local.
Our neatest methods have revolved around "native" file support in stsc APL's
to xfer between UNX and PC versions. The floating point representation
is the same so we can transfer the raw data and work from there.

-- 
			Ken Marchant
			The Braegen Group, Toronto, Ontario
	(allegra,linus,ihnp4,decvax)!utzoo!yetti!geac!braegen!ken