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Re: Newsreaders (Was: Response to 1NT with K7532 Q8743 J5 5)

2010-01-03T21:14:53Z

Not so. Back in the 70's we wanted to use some of my packages to test
out a new APL system which did not yet have comunications. I sat in one
city and read from function displays (over the phone) to a colleague
(who could touch type APL) sitting at one of our computers in another
city. I didn't even need to speak particularly slowly.

Re: Installing APL+DOS Fonts on Win7, Vista, etc.

2010-01-02T21:51:22Z

Hi Paul,
I've switched over to my new Win7-64 machine. No DOS applications run!
Instead one must install DOSBox and inside that box you then mount a folder
as the C: drive (or whatever drives you need). For fonts it uses the old
aplfont.com with no problem.
Don <[link]> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Re: APL+Win []AV Unicode points

2010-01-02T20:05:11Z

I seem to recall Dyalog's and IBM's encoding of "diamond" and "quad"
being different, but I can't find my notes right now . . . /phil

Re: Newsreaders (Was: Response to 1NT with K7532 Q8743 J5 5)

2010-01-02T06:20:29Z

One of my clients, who until recently used APL heavily in an area
where it was historically strong, is committed to and is migrating to
Java. Corporate mandate, just do it. Watching from a distance, it
looked to me that nine women really can produce one baby in a month.
Well, maybe a few more than nine.

Re: Installing APL+DOS Fonts on Win7, Vista, etc.

2010-01-01T21:30:41Z

Hi Paul,
You know I had downloaded yours sometime in the past. Yes, your fonts are
better. Since I didn't remove the first ones I now have both. Except in
Windows 7 there is no install for fonts. When you copy a font file to that
folder it installs automatically.
Thanks, Don <[link]> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Re: www.openhere.com and APL

2010-01-01T17:53:29Z

On Dec 31 2009, 9:12 am, Björn Helgason, j-programming
I never said I NEEDED to see APL mentioned, I just wanted to know the
RELATION between the 2

Re: Installing APL+DOS Fonts on Win7, Vista, etc.

2010-01-01T10:40:41Z

You might find this useful: [link]
Some mods I did to DOSAPP.FON to provide APL fonts in higher screen
resolutions.

Installing APL+DOS Fonts on Win7, Vista, etc.

2010-01-01T02:02:30Z

I used this page for overall procedure: [link]
Get PLJTools.zip at: [link]
Get DOSAPP.FON out of it
Rename DOSAPP.FON to DOSAPL.FON
Copy to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder
In C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI change "woafont=dosapp.fon" to "woafont=dosapl.fon"

Re: Newsreaders (Was: Response to 1NT with K7532 Q8743 J5 5)

2009-12-31T18:29:43Z

You might have been! Excel is one of the other tools i.e. one that APL
has to compete with.
Incidentally, Excel makes no claim for domain experise as any kind of
prerequisite but caters for mathematicians, accountants etc with the
added advantage that it beats APL hands down when it comes to data
presentation.

Re: Newsreaders (Was: Response to 1NT with K7532 Q8743 J5 5)

2009-12-31T18:08:14Z

On 31 Dec, 17:16, "Stephen Taylor <edi...@vector.org.uk>"
It is really amazing that we do not have a good APL spreadsheet with
Excel like inputs and outputs of results like reports and graphs.

Re: Newsreaders (Was: Response to 1NT with K7532 Q8743 J5 5)

2009-12-31T17:16:38Z

Goodness me. For a moment I thought I was reading about Excel.
Stephen

Re: www.openhere.com and APL

2009-12-31T14:12:08Z

Why would you need to see APL mentioned as the power behind the
website?
In the new J generated html that is in early beta there is not much
said that is is generated by a J engine.
Maybe that is something that should by put into the comments generated
like sometimes there is a mention of Java script in html?

Re: www.openhere.com and APL

2009-12-31T12:58:31Z

See [link]
I believe Fred Waid was involved with this site, but the web pages
never mention any people or location. On the home page it says
"Copyright © 1998-04", so perhaps it's been on autopilot for some
years.

Re: Newsreaders (Was: Response to 1NT with K7532 Q8743 J5 5)

2009-12-31T10:59:05Z

In a way it is a bit so that you do agree on most aspect of why APL is
a good tool for the person making the application and that it is good
at solving problems.
What happens with that application afterwards is where it differs.
It is the famous half glass of water.
Do you see it as half full or half empty.

Re: Newsreaders (Was: Response to 1NT with K7532 Q8743 J5 5)

2009-12-31T09:56:13Z

I wonder! Is this a case of 'fools seldom differ' or 'birds of a
feather flock together'!
Perhaps, this sort of things simply happens.
APL *IS* not only a general tool for software engineers but is also
just one of many tools that are much better supported and more
visible.
Why do domain experts love APL? Historically, with a personal computer