all the apl2 based modifications would have to be taken out ... it has really become blake-apl2 i have tried to bring up things that are wrong but get ignored - i have been using 'real apl' for over 46 years
On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:47:39 -0500 Peter Teeson <peter.tee...@icloud.com> wrote: > No offence intended but > > There seems to me to be a whole lot of accretion in the non language part of > GNU APL. > Useful as it may be to certain people I don’t think it’s in the elegant > spirit of APL. > > What used to be a nice clean, simple and easily comprehended project is now > suffering from encrustations that everyone is burdened with. > > Personally it would be nice to have a basic package that is simply the > interpreter, quad fns and the system commands > leaving the rest of the detritus in add-on packages of some form. > > Just my grumpy 80-year old man's opinion…<grumble grumble> > > with respect…. > > Peter > >
