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From: Jack Rudd <jack.rudd@lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Programming language vote - results
Date: 1997/10/23
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Date: 1997-10-23T00:00:00+00:00
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Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:
> 
> ... Now I think that APL has a place,
> but only in small, one-use throw-aways, and where terseness if vital (as
> in downloading complex programs over low-bandwidth data links). Probably
> other, similar areas as well. I'm glad it exists, as I'd hate to have to
> invent it!
> 
I'm an algorithm developer.  The greatest value of APL for me is 
in rapid prototyping.   Usually I can prototype a new application or
subsystem myself, quickly, without need of programmers.  Almost
never is there need for more than a few APLers.  Using a scalar
language, one would have to triple the number of project members,
thus quadrupling the amount of pairwise miscommunication among 
project members.   

I've tried Ada for prototyping.   There's nothing rapid about it.

Jack Rudd