APL

APL is a write-only language. I can write programs in APL, but I can't read any of them.
--> Roy Keir

FAQ:
S.W. Sirlin:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/apl-faq
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/apl-faq.html
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/faq_apl

                                  1. APL9x

APL : A double-decker bus. Its takes rows and columns of passengers to the same place all at the same time. But, it drives only in reverse gear, and is instrumented in Greek.
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                                        1.1 APL90

VERSION - UPDATE: 1.20 (September 90)                                 

README: 
"APL 90 is a new implementation of APL. APL 90 was written in C, between 1982 and 1988, at the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne (France), by Jean-Jacques Girardot, François Mireaux and Sega Sako (with the additional help of a lot of people).....
The Macintosh version can be used on a MacPlus, with or without the switcher. It has also been tested on the Macintosh SE (although we haven't found much speed improvement over the Mac Plus), and on the Mac 2, (where it is real fast), but you may have to customize somewhat your keyboard. APL 90 is essentially an adaptation of the UNIX programs, and currently reflects little of the possibilities of the Macintosh. It is compiled using Mac C, and parts of APL 90 are ©Consulair Corporation. Please consider this program as an intermediate product and a demo version."

AUTHOR:
mac port:    
Jean-Jacques Girardot

COPYRIGHT:
(c) Jean-Jacques Girardot + Ecole des Mines Saint-Etienne France, 1985-1993

TYPE:
Freeware

INTERNET SITES:
Original site:
ftp://ftp.emse.fr/pub/lang/apl/

Other sites:
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/apl90/ 
ftp://exaic.wu-wien.ac.at/.a/aid/disk2/src/lang/apl/apl90/
ftp://wuvieai.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/lang/apl/apl90/
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/apl/apl90/

                                       1.2 APL92

VERSION - UPDATE: 1.33  (May 94)

README: 
"As of May 94, there has been little evolution in APL 90.  The important differences with the language described here are :
- APL 90 use faceware modules. These are available as shareware on some sites like sumex-aim.stanford.edu. A copy of some portions of Faceware is also available on mars.emse.fr as FACEWARE.SEA.HQX." (see: * )

AUTHOR:
mac port:    
Jean-Jacques Girardot

COPYRIGHT:
(c) Jean-Jacques Girardot + Ecole des Mines Saint-Etienne France, 1985-1993

TYPE:
Freeware

INTERNET SITES:
Original site:
ftp://ftp.emse.fr/pub/lang/apl/

Other sites:
ftp://csi.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/apl/apl92/
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/apl90/ 
ftp://exaic.wu-wien.ac.at/.a/aid/disk2/src/lang/apl/apl90/
ftp://wuvieai.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/lang/apl/apl90/
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/apl/apl90/

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* Faceware:
ftp://ftp.emse.fr/pub/mac/faceware/
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/apl90/ 
ftp://exaic.wu-wien.ac.at/.a/aid/disk2/src/lang/apl/apl90/
ftp://wuvieai.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/lang/apl/apl90/
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/apl/apl90/

                                              2.  J

FAQs:
Emmett McLean:
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/j/early_j/help/faq_early_j

Ehud Lamm:
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/j/early_j/help/programming_j_faq

VERSION - UPDATE: 6.2  (12-20-92)                                

README:
" J is a functional shareware programming language available via anonymous ftp at watserv1.waterloo.edu.
Features include list-at-a-time processing, arrays of arrays, complex numbers, special features for multiplying polynomials, manipulating sets and generating permutations.  Although it provides support for numerical modeling, it is not a numerical modeling package.  It is a general purpose programming language.
 J was designed and developed by Ken Iverson and Roger Hui. It is similar to the language APL, departing from APL in using the ASCII alphabet exclusively, but employing a spelling scheme that retains the advantages of the special alphabet required by APL. It has added features and control structures that extend its power beyond standard APL."
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/j/early_j/help/faq_early_j
  
AUTHORS: 
Kennneth E. Iverson
Roger Hui 
    
COPYRIGHT:
(c) 1989 1990, Roger K.W. Hui & K.E. Iverson
(c) 1990-1992, Iverson Software Inc.

TYPE:
Freeware (registered copy: US $24)

INTERNET SITES:
Original site:
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/j/early_j/exec/mac/
          
Other sites:
ftp://wuvieai.wu-wien.ac.at/pub/lang/j/early_j/exec/mac/
ftp://ftp.uwtc.washington.edu/pub/Mac/Programming/Languages/
ftp://ftp.switch.ch/software/mac/src/think_c/
ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/ftp/disk4/mac/development/languages/

                                         3. MacAPL
    
VERSION - UPDATE:  1.13   (08-18-86)

README: -
  
AUTHOR: 
mac port: 
Michael C. O' Connor   

COPYRIGHT:
(c) 1986 - 1987 Leptonic Systems Co. 
405 Tarrytown Rd #145, White Plains, NY 10607

TYPE:
Freeware 

INTERNET SITES:
ftp://ftp.uwtc.washington.edu/pub/Mac/Programming/Languages/