VAX APL

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Zane" == Zane H Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> writes:

 >> > Does anyone know anything about the history and availability of
 >> VAX APL?  > It looks like the last version was 4.0 and was
 >> discontinued a while ago.

 Zane> Have either of you looked on old VAX ConDists?  When was VAX
 Zane> APL V4.0 dropped?  It looks like it was probably dropped in
 Zane> 2000/2001 time frame based on a quick search, so it shouldn't
 Zane> be to hard to obtain a copy of the software itself.  Where
 Zane> you'll have problems is in obtaining anAPL License Pak.

 Zane> BTW, looks like there were a couple 3rd party APL
 Zane> implmentations sold for the VAX as well.

If all else fails, grab openAPL and compile it.  May need a little
porting since it's targeted for Unix, but probably not too bad.  It's
a pretty decent implementation.

  paul