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1.1       root        1: From G:shallit  Fri Sep 24 11:47:04 1982
                      2: To: kim:anderson kim:baden
                      3: Status: R
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                      5: 
                      6: September 17, 1982
                      7: 
                      8: I've been fooling around with APL\11 that we got from Purdue.  Here are
                      9: some comments:
                     10: 
                     11: First, you should look at the READ_ME file.  This has some important
                     12: notes about editing the source before you compile.  I've only compiled
                     13: it on the VAX, so I had to add the DVMUNIX flag.  The directory
                     14: /manual  has the nroff source to make a manual.  It also has a
                     15: READ_ME with some useful info.
                     16: 
                     17: If you are using an APL terminal, you should probably set the erase
                     18: character to something other than backspace (for example, escape).  You
                     19: do this with <stty erase ...>.  You should probably turn off echoing
                     20: of the control characters with a <stty -ctlecho> command.  This lets
                     21: you do real overstriking.  You should probably also change the kill
                     22: character to something other than the ampersand.
                     23: 
                     24: Don't forget to invoke apl with the -m option when you use it.
                     25: 
                     26: To make the editor work you must edit line 33 of ai.c so it can
                     27: find the editor on your own disk, not /bin/xed etc.
                     28: 
                     29: There are some bugs.  For example, ( iota 0 )/ iota 0    gives an
                     30: INTEGER DIVIDE error.  This is really strange, considering that the
                     31: slash there is compression, NOT division!  Also, scans STILL work
                     32: backwards.  Try  divide \ 1 2 3  and compare with regular APL.
                     33: 
                     34: There are several workspace distributed with this APL.  They are
                     35: in the directory /lib  , which also has a READ_ME file.
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