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From: jaxon@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: diffs for APL-11?
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Date: 15 Dec 89 10:33:52 GMT
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>Do all APL interpreters get written by people with very personal
>definitions of readability?

More often by those with very personal definitions for Format, File functions,
Matrix Divide, and Strand Notation (to name a few of the common motivators).
My interpreter source is tidy, but you need an editor with cross-reference
features to read it with the correct rhythm and inflection.


I have a question on a different subject:

Would anyone support modifying a Fortran 77 vectorizer to produce APL or APL2
(or even Dictionary APL) output?  Reply to jaxon@uicsrd.uiuc.edu (or here).