APL on 4.2Bsd

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2 total messages Started by Al Arthur Wed, 26 Feb 1986 01:45

#176

Author: Al Arthur
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1986 01:45

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    I have a course involving an overview of several languages
including APL.  I have installed the APL interpreter distributed
in the 4.1Bsd Unix source on my 4.2 Vax.

	My Problem:
	    The documentation for the distribution is not very
	informative.  I am experiencing difficulty just getting
	started with APL, as I don't know what a valid program
	for the 4.1Bsd interpreter looks like.


	Question1:
	    Does someone out there have a *simple* program, using
	most of the usual syntax of the 4.1 interpreter? If so,
	could you send me a copy?

	Question2:
	    Could someone point me towards more complete documentation?

	Question3:
	    I heard somewhere along the line, that there was a driver
	for the gigi terminal, that would display the APL character set,
	and work with the APL interpreter; is this true?  I seem to
	remember this floating around on the net; is it possible to
	obtain it?  How? Where?

		Thank you for your time,
						Al

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US Mail:
	Alex Arthur
	New York Institute of Technology
	Computer Graphics Laboratory
	Old Westbury, New York 11568

Phone: (516) 686-7644 


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CSNETaddress:...nyit!aca%suny-sb.CSnet@CSnet-Relay.ARPA
US Mail:
	Alex Arthur
	New York Institute of Technology
	Computer Graphics Laboratory
	Old Westbury, New York 11568

Phone: (516) 686-7644

Re: APL on 4.2Bsd

#180

Author: Lee Dickey
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1986 00:29

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Al Arthur  (aca@nyit.uucp) asks:
>    The documentation for the distribution is not very
>   informative.  I am experiencing difficulty just getting
>   started with APL, ...

     Since 4.2 BSD APL is a lot like vanilla flavored APL,
get yourself one of the old standard works on APL, such as
Gilman & Rose, or Gray, or better yet, get yourself this
book (just out) which I recommend highly:

	APL: an introduction
	Howard A. Peele
	Holt, Rinehart and Winston

There is a review of this book in the March issue of APL Quote Quad.

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