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BSD 4.0

APL(I)                       7/10/78                       APL(I)


NAME
     apl  -  The UCSF APL interpreter

SYNOPSIS
     apl

DESCRIPTION
     The UCSF APL interpreter contains all the APL 360  operators
     plus  execute  (epsilon),  scan,  and  relational  character
     operators.  The  maximum  workspace  size  is  about  50,000
     bytes.

     Function definition is not what you would expect.  Functions
     are created and modified with the system editor. Type `)EDIT
     fname' or `)EX fname' to creat or modify  a  function.  Type
     `)READ fname' if it exists and doesn't need editing.

     The following I-beams are recognized by APL:

           1iF             Open F for reading.

           2iF             Create F for writing.

           3iF             Append to F.

           1i0, 2i0, 3i0   Close the named channel.

     Only one read channel and one  write  channel  may  be  open
     simultaneously.  When a file is open for reading, references
     to the quad or quote-quad variable are  actually  references
     to the named file. When open for writing, assignments to the
     quad variable are written to the file.

           10iC    Send command C to the shell.
     The command will be executed as if it were typed at  a  UNIX
     terminal.  This is equivalent to the `!' feature of the edi-
     tor.

     Monadic I-beam functions are: 20 for the time of day, 21  to
     return  CPU  time used, 22 to return WS free in bytes, 24 to
     return the starting time, 25 to return the date, 28  to  re-
     turn  the  starting date, 29 to read the index origin, 30 to
     read the terminal width, 31 to read the  printing  precision
     (or `digits'), and 32 to run the shell.

BUGS
     No trace function or state indicator.

     No `)WSID' command. The existing system commands  take  only
     one argument.

     A `)WRITE fname' command is needed to get at functions which
     exist only in workspaces.



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