The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) writes: > Dont forget APL Shared Variables. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007k.html#67 Non-Standard Mainframe Language? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007k.html#70 Non-Standard Mainframe Language? yes, i skipped over some of the intermediate folklore. there was a big uproar created with the phili science center apl\360 group when the cambridge science center did cms\apl and added "system services calls" ... the claim was that it totally violated spirit of apl language ... although as i've referenced before, removing the trivial workspace size limits of apl\360 and providing for access to system services (like being able to do file read/writes) ... really opened up being able to use cms\apl for real world applications. Eventually, APL shared variables was the effective come-back from the APL language purists on how to be able to access system services ... w/o corrupting the purity of the APL language. misc. past posts mentioning apl shared variable http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/97.html#4 Mythical beasts (was IBM... mainframe) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2002c.html#30 OS Workloads : Interactive etc http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2002n.html#66 Mainframe Spreadsheets - 1980's History http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2003n.html#8 The IBM 5100 and John Titor http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004c.html#7 IBM operating systems http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004n.html#37 passing of iverson http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005f.html#63 Moving assembler programs above the line http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005n.html#50 APL, J or K? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006o.html#13 The SEL 840 computer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
