>>I worked with it for about 6 years (1978-83).

I learned it in a couple of days and did quite of a bit programmng with it in1982-1984.

Gotta love that name!




>Nobody has ever been able to explain APL.
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>By the way, I made a very good living in APL (exclusively) for thirty years.
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I worked with it for about 6 years (1978-83).

At one of the meetings of the Bay Area VFP User Group I came across someone who owns an IBM 5100. VFP became a secondary concern as we strolled down memory lane.


>>Then can you explain APL?
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>>>In my opinion it died of natural causes ;-) Computer languages come and go all the time. As these things go, FoxPro / xBASE has had a fairly long life.