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In the modern world there is no place for the commercial compiler. They should have made it free (and open source) and only IDE (maybe) paid one. Even better -
by xvilka 5mo ago
In the modern world there is no place for the commercial compiler. They should have made it free (and open source) and only IDE (maybe) paid one. Even better - push into GCC or LLVM.
- gucci-on-fleek 5mo agoI agree with you in principal, but I don't think that that's realistic at all, since that would completely destroy Dyalog's entire business model. I personally have little interest in learning a non-FOSS programming language, but Dyalog's paying customers are clearly okay with it, so I see little reason for them to change.
- radiator 5mo agoBut why? Commercial APL implementations have existed since decades ago. They always had customers. They were always at least partly owned by employees. Dyalog was not created in a void, but continuing this tradition.
- tosh 5mo agofwiw Dyalog APL is free for non-commercial use: https://www.dyalog.com/prices-and-licences.htm https://www.dyalog.com/prices-and-licences.htm
- 5- 5mo agotypical implementations of apl (including dyalog) are interpreted, not compiled ahead of time.