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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ada95 speed
Date: 1999/06/07
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In article <hXL7XKJs#GA.194@newstoo.hiwaay.net>,
  "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> wrote:
> It doesn't take much to realize that a language which has
> matrix inversion as a primitive, is a pretty high-level
> language.

That's actually a poor example, any language can add a
matrix inversion function easily enough, and you are implying
that all you are talking about is syntactic sugar.

But in fact, the "very-high-level-ness" of APL is much deeper,
involving higher order operators, and a very dynamic view of
data and memory. If you tried to make an APL package, it is
in these areas that you would have fundamental difficulties.


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