I can remember still attending an IBM planning meeting in 1984 when APL was being touted as 'the future'. Cue lots of eye rolling from the sales teams who were not entirely convinced.
Many years later I came across it again in a financial modelling application where it worked well. Only problem was that there were (I think) only three people in the company who understood it. So it didn't last long as the risks / costs were just too great. Which I guess would be a typical scenario for many APL applications.
Many years later I came across it again in a financial modelling application where it worked well. Only problem was that there were (I think) only three people in the company who understood it. So it didn't last long as the risks / costs were just too great. Which I guess would be a typical scenario for many APL applications.