Moving APL toward -6y gad $o@ Lidingb; Sweden "~k T ° DOusTObject Ofientatlon has proven to be the most i APL.hasfron~ the.start had a very simple scope scheme: I ' ~ ] successful technique of the decade, if success is to be ~i~,~thereislocal andgiobatname scope, with dynamic local inheri⢠measured by acceptance in the programmer comnmnity. "~nce at the function levd, Apart from a few minor proposals For this reason, O 0 has been regarded by many APLe~:as the toward a more, tlexible scheme (e.g., '%aky globals," "semimost urgent topic for extending the language. :Simply sakl~APL ~ i.: locals"), nanle~seoping has remained largely untouched, while is sorely lagging behind in a key technology, whi~kis a serious ~ ' ~ ~ funefiomlityof the language~as well as its interaction with the handicap for a language that always prided itselfforits innovative eirtriromnent~ have undergorte.adramalit:evolution over the edge. ".: , : years. It has occurred to me that name scoplng in probably the There have been several attempts at Obje~Extension in one APL area that is both virginal in this sense, and at the same time m'dwgunal to most other language features. Practically this APL, notably APLg0 of Jean JaCclues G'/xrardot[~], and
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