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From: ken@braegen.UUCP (Ken Marchant)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
Subject: Re: Re: APL.68000 information request (also for PClones)
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Date: Tue, 19-May-87 11:25:27 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 19 11:25:27 1987
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Organization: The Braegen Group Inc., Toronto Ontario CAN
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> STSC APL*PLUS/PC is an excellent product, except for one drawback.  Because
> of the brain damaged segment register architecture of the intel processors,
> there is a 64Kbyte size limit on all objects(vars or fns).  For floating 
> point numbers, that is 8K numbers max per object. 
>                               Dan Graifer
>                               graifer@net1.UCSD.EDU

The one drawback mentioned no longer fully exists. With version 6 of
APL*PLUS/PC there is no longer a limit of 64K on data objects. They can 
now expand to the workspace size. There remain a couple of limitations;
Using "large" (>64k) objects slows things down quite a bit and some primitives
are not supported (domino, gradeup, gradedown most notably) and give a 
"nonce error" when used. The restriction is usually there because use of the
primitive would likely cause a "ws full" to occur.
Also, for pre version 6 users, some of the problems can be avoided by
placing a large data object into a RAM disk and manipulating it using
Native file commands; This can be surprisingly fast.
Upgrades from earlier versions are available for a nominal fee.
The Braegen Group is the major Canadian distributor of STSC products 
(micro, super-micro, mini, and mainframe).
For Canadian users our phone number is 416-366-6363. 
-- 
			Ken Marchant
			The Braegen Group, Toronto, Ontario
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