Richard, >APL+ ... Unlimited free runtimes.
I think you've stumbled on the heart of the matter. At least as applied to innovative apps, as opposed to "commodity" software. This is the key reason why I continue to maintain an APL+Win app for the local branch of a major UK charity. When, for my own satisfaction, I'd cheerfully have ported the lot to Dyalog APL long ago. (I ported it originally from VB -- which is similarly relaxed about runtimes, aka EXE's -- but alas VB proved to be NBG). I can't seem to get people to understand why. And I don't think mine is a one-off case. In the voluntary sector, at least, it has much to do with why so many IT initiatives get stifled at birth. For "voluntary sector" you can substitute "not-for-profit" -- which may well turn out to be the business model of the 21 century -- on both sides of the pond. Some vendors have walked away from this market, since they misconstrue it as asking them to work for nothing. Well... okay. But can they then complain if the market walks away from them? Ian On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Richard Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought that MK promised not to pursue this topic any more... > But since it is still open people should be aware that APL2000 > (was APL Plus) is still around, up to version 9 with something like > namespaces. > Unlimited free runtimes. Quite good fit up to Excel etc. Unix version... > A client of ours ran it quite OK on a mac using parallels. > CB has provided a writeup of how to run J and APL+ together. > JSoftware used? To be a dealer for APL+ > VisualAPL is a new product which is highly integrated to DotNet, > VisualStudio etc (no personal experience). > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
