On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:14:21 -0400 Peter Teeson <peter.tee...@icloud.com> wrote:
> Blake said: > > "This means creating a quad function to load, execute, and interface with > > shared libraries (so/dll/etc). > > It also means standard ways of communicating data back and forth" > clap clap clap. +1. This would be just perfect and remove the burden of developing interfaces specific for libcurl and libsqlite3 and libmysqlclient etc and reinforce the meaning of open source. > As for the file system it was built separately but interfaced with the > interpreter through the same idea. > I could in fact ask one of my former colleagues with whom I'm still in touch > as he was the maintainer. Right now i've been using fpc (freepascal) and bash file functions and )host for my file work I'd love to see )host (become ]host or ⎕host) and return output > > And I think GNU APL is a great gift and Jürgen's herculean effort to bring us > this far is beyond compare. > Well said and kinda unbelievable actually how good it is. I've already quit using the nearest thing I had SAX (Sharp APL)
