Question for the Assembled... Jeff Zeitlin (21 Mar 2020 23:54 UTC)
Re: [TML] Question for the Assembled... Jim Vassilakos (22 Mar 2020 01:46 UTC)
Re: [TML] Question for the Assembled... Jeff Zeitlin (22 Mar 2020 02:03 UTC)
Re: [TML] Question for the Assembled... Joshua Bell (24 Mar 2020 17:07 UTC)

Question for the Assembled... Jeff Zeitlin 21 Mar 2020 23:54 UTC

A while back, I started Traveller By The Byte with The Traveller APL
Workspace. That project was semi-shelved because of some feedback I'd
gotten, mostly centered around two facts: (1) the NARS2000 interpreter
didn't run on anything but Windows (and wine, but some people objected to
wine or had problems setting it up), and (2) even if they could get
NARS2000 working, the performance was ... not exactly encouraging. Both of
these are valid criticisms.

However, since that time, the _de facto_ standard APL interpreter, Dyalog
APL, has become available for noncommercial use for free for Windows, Mac,
Linux (both Debian- and Redhat-derived distros), Raspberry Pi, and even
Docker. The Dyalog interpreter has more acceptable performance, as well.

Given that... Would there be interest in seeing the Traveller APL Workspace
"resurrected" and expanded, with support for the Dyalog interpreter? Or
should I just stick to code in languages that can be written in ASCII?

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