Re: APL - Alive and Well!

On May 14, 11:41=A0am, "David Liebtag" <DavidLieb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> Bjorn,
>
> Different hardware platforms have different instruction sets. =A0When
you =
run
> a compiler on a particular hardware platform, the compiler generates
objec=
t
> code that uses the instruction set of that hardware platform. =A0Intel
PCs=
 and
> mainframe systems have different instruction sets.
>
> In order to run a compiled program on a particular hardware platform,
you
> must compile the program using a compiler that is designed to run on
that
> hardward platform.
>
> The version of APL2 that runs on Linux is a written in C. =A0So, it must
b=
e
> compiled separately on each hardware platform. =A0We have compiled it on
I=
ntel
> PC's. =A0We have not compiled it on z/VM. =A0(We could, but we haven't.)
>
> Does that make it clearer?
>
> David Liebtag
> IBM APL Products and Services


If you say so I take your word for it.
I thought that since APL2 runs under Linux that Linux would take care
of the hardware issues.
But as you say then if you need to you could.

I remember some time ago I got a 370/PC with VM running on it.
I could install APL2 on it and I did but had a hell of a problem
because I had no APL chars on the screen.