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From: metzger@mozart.uucp (Bob Metzger)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
Subject: Re: Is APL a dying language?
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Date: 25 Nov 88 19:42:20 GMT
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perhaps a more interesting question:

Is APL a growing language?  A good metric would be:
How many people do you know who have STARTED using APL in the past 5 years?

I suspect that current users STARTED using APL during its heyday
(as measured by attendance at APL conferences) -- 1976-1983.

/Bob