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Subject:Re. Virtually terminal From:Bob Morrisette <Robert -dot- Morrisette -at- EBAY -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 6 Aug 1995 11:44:30 -0700
deleted text about VT100
>BTW, here's some more acronymic trivia for you, courtesy of Jim Prall,
>an old friend: APL = APL Programming Language (it's a recursive
>definition) <grin> this will, of course, make sense to you if you're
>familiar with what Jim also called the world's first "write only"
>programming language. <grin again>
>--Geoff Hart @8^{)}
>geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
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My first writing job was creating manuals about APL programs.
The meaning for APL has always been: A Programming Language
Bob Morrisette
writer -at- sabu -dot- Ebay -dot- Sun -dot- COM
