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From: kaz@latte.cafe.net (Kaz)
Subject: Re: Programming language vote - results
Date: 1997/10/25
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Date: 1997-10-25T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <3451AA9D.259C@dynamite.com.au>,
Alan E & Carmel J Brain  <aebrain@dynamite.com.au> wrote:
>Concur completely, an excellent example of 1-use throw-away is when
>you're developing and testing an algorithm! APL is one heck of a good
>rapid prototyping language. In fact, for algorithm design, I can't think
>of one better.
>
>> I've tried Ada for prototyping.   There's nothing rapid about it.
>
>Concur again. It's strengths are in large systems, which are designed to
>be maintainable over the long term, and "safe".

Also, Ada does not require a ``space-cadet'' terminal. That is something to
consider.

Does APL still require a character set full of graphic symbols, or are there
``alternate spellings''? What is the latest status of APL as a standardized
language? Is it possible to decompose a system written in APL into separately
compiled modules?

You will have to pardon me, because all I know about APL comes from a book
dating back to 1972 or so. :)
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