allyn@milton.u.washington.edu (Allyn Weaks) (09/19/90)
Archive-name: iverson-apl-j/18-Sep-90 Original-posting-by: allyn@milton.u.washington.edu (Allyn Weaks) Original-subject: Re: Looking for APL compiler/interpretor. Archive-site: watserv1.waterloo.edu [129.97.129.140] Archive-directory: languages/apl/J Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) 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 >though. Both packages are commercial. You generally don't find too many >language compilers/interpreters in the shareware market. 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, that's right, most copies - I've heard that some are ok, but never seen one. STSC disavows all knowledge. It would be a nice implementation if only they would give it some attention. 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. There is/was a shareware version of APL90, but the copy I have broke with System 5. Try writing to: SYNC 12 Place hotel de Ville 42000 Saint-Etienne France On the other hand, Iverson himself has just released Mac and pc versions of J. It's available via ftp from the new APL archive on watserv1.waterloo.edu (in directory languages/apl/J). If you want documentation (or can't use ftp) you can order it for a mere $24 from: Iverson Software Inc. 3512 Cameron Mills Road Alexandria Virginia 22305-1103 703-548-1799 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. Allyn Weaks allyn@milton.u.washington.edu