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apl-360.sh start system
this help file uses UTF-8 encoding with the KAPL font
when using kedit from console do this first "export LC_ALL=UTF-8"
Note that APL\360 is one of the earliest APL's and as such is not the
easiest to use, especially when one tries to edit a function
APL\360 was typically used with IBM 2741, 2740 or 1050 which were all
Selectric typewriters using removable typeheads
APL\360 was run via hercules with OS/360-MVT 21.8F
and has a copyright date of 1972
variables, function names, groups and labels may be up to 77 characters in length
workspace names are limited to 11 characters
files are stored in mvt4apl
shift ; (
shift ' )
shift 2 high minus
shift 4 less than or equal to
shift 5 equal
shift 6 greater than or equal to
shift = divide
shift l box
shift k '
shift i iota
shift e epsilon
shift g delta
shift m |
shift r shape (rho)
shift q ?
shift t tilde
; [
' ]
[ arrow left (assign)
{ arrow right
- +
= multiply
alt shift v
alt u ibeam
overstrikes
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shift l ctrl-h shift k becomes quotequad
shift l ctrl-h shift = becomes matrix inverse
shift o ctrl-h shift m becomes reversal
shift k ctrl-h . becomes factorial
)314159 operator login
)2132 pilatus login
)1798 rigi login
)ERASE TEST1
erase function TEST1
)FNS list functions
)LOAD OPFNS
this is needed for SHUTDOWN
DATE display date
TIME display time
)LOAD 1 NEWS
then type ALL to read
)LOAD 1 APLCOURSE
loads workspace with various tutorial functions
)LOAD 3 UTIL
round off functions, timing, substitutes for not_yet_implemented operators
)LOAD 3 BRFNS
functions which improve syntax and semantics of the branching system
DESCRIBE describes the current workspace
LIBRARY
KEYBOARD displays keyboard map
NOW displays time and date
)LIB show current functions in workspace
)LIB 1 show functions in library 1 (libraries 1 to 3 exist)
)SAVE PRIME
save function PRIME
)OPR send a message to operator
ÇPRIME[Ì]Ç
display function PRIME
shutdown
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SHUTDOWN
)OFF
list of funtions
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date display date
shutdown shutdown apl
ctrl codes
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ctrl-l clears screen
list of variables
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zsymbols displays all symbols
x3270 localhost 3600
ibmuser
missing
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)HELP
)LIST
⌹2 with some versions of apl the reciprocal is returned if the
right argument to matrix inverse is a number, but in apl\360
this generates a rank error
using web browser to shutdown
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localhost:8360
/f c3po,shutdown