Long ago and far away I built/ran Thompson's APL (from the V7 source tape IIRC) on one of the VAXen. This was very much pre-ANSI C code, but the Ultrix 1.1 compiler handled it fine.
About 15 years ago I dusted off the source and started converting it to ANSI C, but I got distracted and have since lost the source. Has anyone here done anything similar. I would really like to have a native APL (even an ancient one like above). If anyone did get it converted to ANSI, a native port could be bootstrapped through APE. Failing that, does anybody have a copy of the original source kicking around? Since the virus is going to keep me locked up for a few more months yet, porting would help pass the time :-) --lyndon P.S. Yes I know there are a million other APLs out there, as well as J and the assorted follow-ons. It's the V7 code I'm specifically interested in. Maybe it's tucked away in the bitsaver archives ... ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T476a1d7b83269775-Md699c49a884f9c671dd08404 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
