Have you seen Rob's Ivy? It's in Go. On Sun, Feb 21, 2021, 2:32 PM Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) < lyn...@orthanc.ca> wrote:
> 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-M8cc9d7ba17eca92a48d76793 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
