APL is still heavily used by insurance companies to calculate their non-standard insurances for large companies, where the normal routines won't work due to special conditions etc.
APL development is very fast compared to other (compiled) languages. I don't do it myself, but I am told so by lots of colleagues. Regards Bernd Am Mit, 07 Jul 2004 schrieben Sie: > Hello (again) from Gregg C Levine > I know, I could feel the stirring all the way here.............<BG> > > Seriously though, what's wrong with APL? It's got a good history > behind it, a good track record behind it. Granted it has a less then > stellar acceptance record, and its syntax is strange, and the only use > that I can remember was in the construction of the S/360, and S/370 > families. > ------------------- > Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi > "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
