For advanced users only.
Would APL/z 1.1, available at https://schorn.ch/altair_6.php be run-able on CPC CP/M 2.2?What about EMPL 1.0? ( https://web.archive.org/web/20060719161108/http://www.signiform.com/erik/programs/empl/empl.asm )
Thank you for looking,J.
Great question :)
Is it run-able anywhere? I'd like to take a look (about CP/M then AMSDOS port) if I can test it somewhere.
Have you tested it? How to you enter the special chars?
Still interested by the answer!
Talking about CP/M: where is the biggest CP/M audience/community? Usenet?
try:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cpmusers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1814239092232631/
Hello,
There is a listing via Google for this:
http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/lang/lang.htm (http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/lang/lang.htm) - specifically for Z80.
A way down the list of various languages there seems to be the one you ask about. NB the item is referred to as an 'Interpreter' as opposed to a Compiler.
I've downloaded the .zip and I'll have a look, but I know nothing about AP/L, other than that it's a famous language - used for things during the Apollo missions?
Why the interest?
Later..
I've got the file, and unpacked it.
There is the .COM, a couple of doc files, and a lot of example 'overlay' examples.
The prog can operate on an ascii terminal, and there are notes about the included symbol translations, and I assume re extra translations that you might do. The comments say that the prog does work, even quite well, and speed is OK. Evidently AP/L is normally an interpreter, so there may be no such thing as a compiler anyway?
Seems to use a lot of one char 'symbols' to create a prog (usually mathematical ?), so the matter of 'readability' seems to be out the window?
No doubt interesting historically
Geoff
Thank you for the pointers, much appreciated.
Quote from: GeoffB17 on 16:13, 03 December 21Why the interest?
AP/L is a very terse and powerful language, properties I love!
Context: https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/programming/porting-smalltalkjoynimj-on-cpc/
Quote from: m_dr_m on 11:08, 12 January 21
Is it run-able anywhere? I'd like to take a look (about CP/M then AMSDOS port) if I can test it somewhere.
Have you tested it? How to you enter the special chars?
Using CP/M Plus you can use the 2nd register set of the Z80 too. From there I would do a port for FutureOS.