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Some APL environments such as ngn/apl[0] allow tab completion like |o<tab> results in ⌽. This is probably available on tryapl.org too, but I can't test it when it's down :/. It may also be available in the full dyalog apl product and IDE.

EDIT: see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27462828 too

[0]: https://github.com/abrudz/ngn-apl


(not parent) personally I would like to see [trains](https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Tacit_programming#Trains) in more languages, though the way they are implemented in APL is pretty spotty (e.g. the length of a train changes its semantics)


I agree, but you have to take extensibility into account. You either have an extensible language and extend it[0], you make it an array language to the core, or you just have a few slightly convenient functions (not a language). (I don't have enough experience to judge which category Pandas / numpy are in)

[0]: https://github.com/phantomics/april


Should I have linked to project gutenberg or some other version? I linked to the mobile version because it doesn't have many sidebars or footers.


I guess the question one would have would be the reason or relevance of posting.


I didn't know that about the name. Should we pronounce it /ˈɡɒdoʊ/ like wikipedia says the play's name is pronounced?


I’ve used to pronounce it “go dot,” but then I heard a few YouTubers say it like that (/ˈɡɒdoʊ/), and I’ve been saying it like that since.


Maybe link to the website (https://dahliaos.io/)?


I use a custom font[1] I made ;). I'm still learning bits of typography, so it's not the most legible, but it was fun to make.

[1]: https://ermineii.github.io/befont.html


Cool, how do I make my own font? Any recommended tools?


I've only tried Glyphr[0] because it's online and gbdfed because it was in my linux distro's package manager and it was small (turns out it was a bitmap editor, which was fun to try out, but now I have a .bdf file that I don't know how to use). I can't really recommend these because they are the only ones I've tried, but Glyphr is simple though it doesn't have that many features.

Then find a way to use the font, like on a website, and you'll notice any problems or ugly parts.

[0]: http://www.glyphrstudio.com/


This also has, spoilers, https://github.com/1j01/98/issues/22

EDIT: and try opening up the page https://98.js.org/ in the internet explorer.


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Common Lisp[1] is pretty easy to set up, you can use portacle[2]. It's also one of the oldest and most popular. If portacle isn't in the repos, sbcl[3] is.

EDIT: For reading you can try Practical Common Lisp[4] or the Land of Lisp[5] if you want a dead tree. These I've read but there are more[6].

[1]: https://common-lisp.net/downloads

[2]: https://portacle.github.io/

[3]: http://www.sbcl.org/ (EDIT: fixed link)

[4]: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/

[5]: http://landoflisp.com/

[6]: https://www.cliki.net/Lisp%20books


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