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Re: APL work?

mk...@dyalog.com (Morten Kromberg) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:11:54 UT

There are job openings for both inexperienced and experienced APLers
to work with Dyalog APL in the New York area. If you forward your CV
to me I'll pass it on.
Morten Kromberg
Dyalog Ltd.

Re: How to create functions in apl2c?

d...@dickbowman.org.uk (Dick Bowman) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:50:26 UT

I just tried this (had APL2C on this machine for a while, but left it
dormant since APL2C seemed to stop being a living project).
My version is also 5.0.4.
I've defined functions in the past, but today I'm seeing the same problems
as the original poster. And I have to force APL2C to quit using Task

Re: How to create functions in apl2c?

asmg...@yahoo.com (Paul Houle) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:25:20 UT

Ken,
I am running version 5.03. I'm surprised to hear there is a later version.
Where did you get it?
Perhaps it is something in your APL2C Setup (though I'm not sure what). As
for me:
Setup->keyboard == APL classic style - English keyboard
Setup->font == APL2C Bold 12 (don't ask me why the font would

Re: Kenneth E. Iverson

jgr...@comcast.net (Jack) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:10:31 UT

On Jul 18, 5:29 am, "Stephen Taylor <edi...@vector.org.uk>"
Thanks much for this post. This is a very enlightening read.
I too attended a one-room school as a child, and I appreciate Ken's
ironic use of "progress" to describe its demise.

Re: How to create functions in apl2c?

kens.te...@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:07:07 UT

Thanks for the detailed instructions. Unfortunately, I still get
"Declaration error in line 0". I tried installing on a different
machine, but got the same thing. What version are you running? (I'm
using 5.0.4 from Help->About)
{Quad}FX works just fine, strangely enough. I guess that's a
workaround.

Re: APL2000 Conference programme

donw...@no_spam.com (Don Wiss) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:03:49 UT

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:38:08 -0700 (PDT), "Stephen Taylor
<edi...@vector.org.uk>" <StephenTaylorF...@googlemail. com> posted:
One thing missing from the conference materials is there is a bus that goes
from Penn Station NYC directly to Bethesda (no stops in between). It stops
one block from the Hyatt Regency, where the conference will be held. The

Re: How to create functions in apl2c?

asmg...@yahoo.com (Paul Houle) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:11:54 UT

It works for me Ken.
In a clear workspace, on a blank line...
{shift}{enter}
[0] R<-FOO{enter}
[1] R<-10{enter}
[2] {shift}{enter}
FOO
APL2C can be finicky. Can you {Quad}FX a simple function? Perhaps
something in the workspace/install is messed up.
...Paul Houle

Re: How to create functions in apl2c?

kens.te...@gmail.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:45:20 UT

On Jul 24, 8:28 am, "David Liebtag" <DavidLieb...@vermontel.net>
wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I've tried various of those, both upper and
lower case, and I can't make apl2c happy.
For instance:
[0] FOO
[1] 42
(The [0] is inserted by the editor; I'm not typing it.)
or
[0] r<-foo
[1] r<- 42
(where <- is an arrow of course)

Re: How to create functions in apl2c?

davidlieb...@vermontel.net (David Liebtag) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:28:24 UT

Is your first line a valid header? It should have one of these forms (for a
function)
NILLADIC_WITH_NO_RESULT
RESULT <- NILLADIC_WITH_RESULT
MONADIC_WITH_NO_RESULT RIGHT_ARGUMENT
RESULT <- MONADIC_WITH_RESULT RIGHT_ARGUMENT
LEFT_ARGUMENT DYADIC_WITH_NO_RESULT RIGHT_ARGUMENT
RESULT <- LEFT_ARGUMENT DYADIC_WITH_RESULT RIGHT_ARGUMENT

Re: APL work?

se...@panix.com (Seth) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:22:24 UT

In article <e0dae433-fb24-40e0-beea-0403d 0654...@m3g2000hsc.googlegroup s.com>,
There certainly is for derivative languages (e.g. K).
Seth

Re: APL work?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:37:59 UT

How about creating a home page on the APL Wiki to display your
experience? See
[link]
Stephen Taylor
edi...@vector.org.uk
[link]
[link]

How to create functions in apl2c?

kens.te...@gmail.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:59:57 UT

I'm using apl2c 5.0.4, and I just can't figure out how to use the
function editor. I'm following the manual and I hit shift-enter to
open the function editor, enter my function, and then hit shift-enter
again, but I get "Definition error in line 0!". I've tried every
variation I can think of, but nothing works. The only way I can

APL work?

jalexandermo...@gmail.com (Brooklyn) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:52:45 UT

Hello from a long-time APL user. I'm wondering if there's any APL work
out there?

New on-line forum for APLX

micro...@microapl.demon.co.uk — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:10:05 UT

MicroAPL has set up a new on-line forum for support, downloads, tips,
and general questions about APLX. It's an open forum which anyone can
join. (Constructive!) questions and comments are welcome from all
APLers.
The URL is: [link]
Richard Nabavi
MicroAPL Ltd

APL language FAQ

swsir...@earthlink.net (sam sirlin) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:07:45 UT

Archive-name: apl-faq
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-modified: Mon Nov 26 09:03:05 PST 2007
APL Frequently Asked Questions (well some, anyway)
Maintained by S.W. Sirlin
Thanks to the many people who have contributed to this list.
11/26/2007 New in this version: csv2apl
First, what is APL?
APL is the first array processing language (that I know of anyway).