[net.lang.apl] apl and micro-computers

nikb@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Nick Burke) (08/20/85)

Has anyone made a survey of the APL interpreters
available for use on micro-computers ?

Information such as price, capabilities, and
micro needed would be useful.

Thanks.

Nick Burke
...!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!nikb

ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) (08/28/85)

> Has anyone made a survey of the APL interpreters 
> available for use on micro-computers ?

The APL newsletter called  ``Vector'', published by the British Computer
Society has published such lists.  See the July, 85, issue for instance. 
It is not complete, but it is a start.

Check you campus library, and if they don't have it, ask them
to subscribe.  While they are there, make sure that they have
APL Quote Quad., published by the ACM ( ISSN-0163-6006 ).


order it for you.

> 
> Information such as price, capabilities, and
> micro needed would be useful.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Nick Burke
> ...!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!nikb

ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) (08/28/85)

Here are some major contendors.  This list is not complete.

For IBM PC:
	STSC APL*PLUS/PC
	WATCOM APL
	Sharp APL
	IBM APL PC
	Porta APL

For some Z80 machines with CP/M:
	VIZ::APL

For many 68000 machines:
	APL.68000

For Macintosh:
	Porta APL
	APL.68000 (soon?)

For SuperPET:
	WATCOM APL

For TI/990:
	APL*Myriade

For UNIX machines:
	Dyalog APL
	APL*PLUS/UNX

For MicroVAX running VMS:
	VAX/11 APL
	WATCOM APL (?)

For Pro 350:
	WATCOM APL