NARS2000-64 has already this kind of syntax while exactly having the core of gnuapl/apl2 for maybe 10 years.
if you want to experiment download it (windows only and free) http://www.nars2000.org/download/Download.html Xtian. ---------------------------- in feb 2015 i asked: that said, my real question is: how hard is it to implement the standard/or-not-as-standard-as-it-seems :if {boolean} do this :else do that :endif :repeat do this :until {boolean} :for {var} :in {list} do this :endfor :forlcl {var} :in {list} do this :endforlcl I think there is a :while :endwhile too thoses are really missing (to my point of view). On 2021-02-23 05:09, Elias MÃ¥rtenson wrote:
If you you want to experiment with this stuff, my project needs help. 😃 Den tis 23 feb. 2021 18:07Christian Robert <christian.rob...@polymtl.ca <mailto:christian.rob...@polymtl.ca>> skrev: I will ask again in 6 years. Xtian. On 2021-02-22 14:36, Dr. Jürgen Sauermann wrote: > Hi Christian, > > I can't quite follow the argument that :IF/:ELSE etc. makes it easier for > newcomers to learn APL. If I remember my learning of APL some decades > ago correctly, then, coming straight from ALGOL and BASIC as my first > "high-level" languages, I was overwhelmed by the large number of symbols > in APL. Adding even more alternatives (read :IF/:ELSE) to the existing > concepts (read: →) would most likely have confused me as a newcomer > more than it would have helped me. > > I would also argue that a newcomer should first learn the core concepts of a > language before being distracted by the non-standard extensions of some > language dialects. > > Best Regards, > Jürgen > > > On 2/20/21 7:59 PM, Christian Robert wrote: >> well I saw the new thrends aka Quad-XML, Quad-JSON, Quad-FFT and so on >> >> but I think thoses will never be used in real life or quite seldom. >> >> I really think that Juergen should be looking at >> >> :if/:elseif/:else/:endif >> >> :for var :in array >>  loop >> :endfor >> >> :while condition: >>  loop >> :endwhile >> >> :do >>  loop >> :until condition >> >> this will eases newcommers to the language. >> >> I know that APL goal is to do a whole "program" in one or two lines of code... >> but the language must accomodate newcommers. >> >> I asked for that several years ago (may me 8 or 10 years) >> >> Juergen ansewered at that time "this can be done" but I wont yet >> >> well my principal next improvements wish list is if/for/while/do_until >> >> my real though, >> >> Xtian. >> >
