Re: APL is Alive & Well V/S APL Needs to learn
- From: Morten Kromberg <mkrom@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 03:10:19 -0700 (PDT)
On May 22, 11:28 am, Mb <meb...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Morten Kromberg wrote:Sure, I just don't think that being free is amongst the most important
I maintain that anyone who thinks that one of the most important
attributes of a tool is that it is free has a very poor sense of
priorities and is unlikely to be successful in any endeavour.
And I suppose you know about Linux, BSD and the likes, don't you ? :-)
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
features of these systems. Things like reliability, hardware support,
and availability of applications are the important criteria when
selecting an operating system.
Investing in order to make a tool free can be a good strategy for
getting other people involved in the development, and I think this can
work when the users and developers are the same set of people, as is
the case for Linux, BSD and many other "tools for software engineers".
But I can't see how to make the model work for APL language
interpreters.
.
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