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Old School APL vs. D-fns

Looking at the D-fns code I am writing to build my Co-Dfns compiler. I have to wonder what kind of horror might the old school APLers experience if they examined my source code. Would they freak out at the use of proofs, assertions, and other structural content designed to formally convince the reader that my code is correct? Or would they just freak out at the curly braces?

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Is APL Dead?

Is APL dead? Not anymore. Changes in modern hardware, business needs, development methods, and our understanding of programming makes APL in its modern state perhaps more relevant and viable than ever before.
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