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- From: alaroy@nyx.cs.du.edu (Andrew LaRoy)
- Subject: Saplpc vs Inverson vs J
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 20:32:03 GMT
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- Hello out there in netland!
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- I am sort of a newcomer to APL. My father has used it ever since he got
- his first non - punchcard account, but I know little about it other than
- the following:
- APL has a strange keymap
- It is based on preforming operations on matricies
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- Here's my questions. I suspect that many other non APL's are listening in
- on this group, so the answers will be of help to many.
- What differences (other than speed and documenttion, as mentioned in the
- guide to low cost apl's a while back) are there between saplpc and the
- inversion version. I am interested in whether or not the extra expense is
- worth it. Also, other than the fact that the keyboard is not goofey (at
- least to a new apl user) what are the advantages / disadvantages of J as
- opposed to apl.
- The applications I forsee using apl for are physics lab computations
- (which I currently complete on a spreadsheet - yuck) and integration of
- ugly intigrals using brute force.
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- Thanks for your help.
- Andy
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