Hello from Gregg C Levine writing for myself Oh my! Are we working over that thread again? Its one that I started on a different subject framework. Adam pulled that one, on Wednesday, when I mentioned why two languages weren't mentioned, PL/X, and APL. And David I recognize the peculiarities of APL, its just that I've worked with it, as hardware description language in a different frame of mind. ------------------- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke."� Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda )
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > David Boyes > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LINUX-390] OT: APL > > Hmm. APL was designed for interactive applied mathematics (sort of a > super-calculator tool). I don't think it was intended for "building > systems". The fact that people used it for customization macros tends to > remind me of the guy who wrote a linking loader in TECO. People used to ask > him: > > "Why did you write a linker in TECO?" > "Because I can." > > It's frightening how much I occasionally identify with this worldview. > > > On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 11:14:43PM -0400, Gregg C Levine wrote: > > > I'm surprised that no mention was made of APL, for example, as it > > > could be used for building the systems, such as the current > > family of > > > Z servers. I'm putting that thought down, because I happen to know > > > that the language was originally written for creating IBM systems. > > > There's a loud bang, and suddenly your foot is missing, but you don't > > remember enough matrix algebra to know why. (Apologies to David Boyes > > for stealing his line.) > > Close. It's: "APL: There is a loud bang and your foot disappears. You're > sure that it happened somewhere in the logic of the statement of calculus, > but you don't remember enough linear algebra to determine where, and you > can't find a terminal with the right character set to run the debugger to > determine why the program misfired. Eventually you expire before you > remember to )OFF you workspace."
