On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:25:52 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
wrote:
>On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 1:50:08 PM UTC-6, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:31:58 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
>> wrote:
>
>> >Now that APL2 is no longer an IBM product, though, APL has lost
>> >its last remaining shred of visibility. Of course it's harder to get
>> >people to try something they've never heard of!
>
>> Hardly. APL2 hasn't been particularly visible for a long time. Dyalog
>> is the big player.
>
>That may be.
>
>But surely you can see the problem.
>
>Dyalog may be the foremost company in the APL field. But it isn't Microsoft,
>it isn't Apple, and it isn't IBM. Nor is it Google or even Samsung., Intel, or Nvidia.
>Or AMD.
Geez, Ford is no Tesla. So what?
>Still, you may be quite right that I am... exaggerating. There's a big difference
>between "dead" and "not totally in your face". Of course APL can survive for
>decades more, languishing in relative obscurity.
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