In J601 it is possible to use regex to translate APL characters to J's native
primitive in ascii. Just create a verb APL2J so that rho <-> $ uparrow <-> {.
and replace all occurrence outside quoted string will more or less get the job done,
(1!:100) APL2J 1!:1 <myscript
You may even setup project manager to load+translate+execute automatically.
In FIF there is a pattern to search for the context 'outside quoted string', I
guess most people know how to do it, but only not enough incentive to actually
get it done.
PS. you also need an IME to input APL characters from keyboard.
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regards,
bill
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