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APL predates Unicode! You used to have to use special APL keyboards to write it. The symbols were included in Unicode as a way to try and make APL more palatabl
by Jasper_ 4y ago
APL predates Unicode! You used to have to use special APL keyboards to write it. The symbols were included in Unicode as a way to try and make APL more palatable.
- jdlshore 4y ago> The symbols were included in Unicode as a way to try and make APL more palatable. That seems highly unlikely. Do you have a source, or are you sharing speculation as fact? It’s more likely that APL symbols were included in Unicode as part of its mission to unify all the world’s scripts into single code set.
- shrubble 4y agoThey weren't included to make it more palatable, but because APL was being actively used in larger systems.