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#34257From: TERRY LAGRONESep 25, 1986 12:17 AM
yes, I now have their brochure but performance was not described. They the APL character set and the ASCII keyword version available. For true APL work, the character set is imperative. I can tell you about using my Apple II as an APL terminal with a mainframe in Canada. My work in APL has been with the Aviation data-bases of I.P. Sharp They have multi-dimensional matrices of 300,000,000 time-series events within t their system, yet reports can be generated with a few lines of code.
#34303From: Bela LubkinSep 25, 1986 2:36 AM
They told me that the interpreter is written in 68K assembly language, and that it will use the 68881 if present. (But the guy I talked to didn't know exactly how that would happen on a 68881-equipped Amiga). Unless they botched it pretty badly, it should fly… One thing for sure, you're not going to work with files of 300 million values unless you invest in a rather large hard drive (!)… – Bela
#34303From: Bela LubkinSep 25, 1986 2:36 AM
They told me that the interpreter is written in 68K assembly language, and that it will use the 68881 if present. (But the guy I talked to didn't know exactly how that would happen on a 68881-equipped Amiga). Unless they botched it pretty badly, it should fly… One thing for sure, you're not going to work with files of 300 million values unless you invest in a rather large hard drive (!)… – Bela