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by zerr 2193 days ago
Thanks! Btw, what would be the open source alternative (of APL) that is popular and used in production?
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jetti 2193 days ago
There is a GNU implementation of APL (https://www.gnu.org/software/apl/). Not sure if it is used in commercial applications or not. I would imagine that if you are doing commercial work with APL you are going to be paying for Dyalog.
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zerr 2193 days ago
> you are going to be paying for Dyalog

Not really. As I see APL is ISO standardized and there are many implementations.

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jetti 2192 days ago
There are many implementations but not as many that are active (here is a brief list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)#Mod...). Dyalog provides more than just a interpreter/compiler but an entire development environment.
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yumaikas 2193 days ago
Probably J, if I had to guess. I'm unaware of how much production use it has.
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