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Serious question, are people still using this language (APL) for anything serious? Or is it just a hobby language at this point. I notice that Dyalog sells comm
by fuzzer37 6y ago
Serious question, are people still using this language (APL) for anything serious? Or is it just a hobby language at this point. I notice that Dyalog sells commercial runtimes for about $2500 a year for Unix, so there must be someone.
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- kick 6y agoMorten Kromberg (big guy at Dyalog; coincidentally, author of the post we're discussing) in "justifying" why Dyalog isn't libre, just a few days ago: There is little risk of the demise of Dyalog APL any time soon. Our customers run businesses that are based on Dyalog APL with a combined annual turnover in excess of a billion euros/dollars. https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/52405?m=56860424#56860424 https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/52405?m=56860424#5... There are a few other companies with proprietary APL implementations that are also getting by really well. k, which is pretty similar, is even more of a money-maker than Dyalog APL, having been responsible for a company worth a billion or more (Kx) and an entirely different company that also seems to be doing pretty well. J also is used somewhat commonly, though less, and its users seem to be doing more than well, too (my current employer and most of my previous employers have been J shops, and none of them have gone under yet. I think a couple of them had record-breaking years in 2020). J is also free, libre software, so instead of paying for a Dyalog or K license, you should really just use it (or ngn/k, if k is more your thing).
- rscho 6y agopretty much every bank and heavy industry company.