Preface: this is somewhat trivial.

Context: I was logged into a remote server, doing some filesystem space
calculations using GNU APL as my preferred shell 'calculator', using the
--eval option, while located in a directory where writing is restricted for
regular users (here the /ext0 volume):

--
russtopia@tripe /ext0 $ apl --eval "+/ 12 552 14 20 262 254 7.2"
1121.2

Cannot write history file .apl.history: Permission denied
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Since --eval seems intended to enable use of the APL interpreter outside of
any workspace, might it be better to avoid writing to .apl.history when
this flag is specified?

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