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From: newman@utcsrgv.UUCP (Ken Newman)
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Subject: Re: More UNIX Man Page Funnies
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Date: Wed, 8-Jun-83 17:46:38 EDT
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I always got a kick out of the man pages for apl on various unix systems...


from 4.1bsd apl man page:
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     )DEBUG
          toggles a debugging switch, which can produce vast
          amounts of hopelessly cryptic output.

BUGS
     This program has not been extensively used or tested.


from vers 6 apl man page:
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     Apl is an interpreter for the language APL described in  the
     reference.   The interpreter maintains its workspace on disk
     rather than in core.  This has two  consequences:  There  is
     the  possibility  of a 16 million byte workspace; it takes a
     week to access that much data.

     Not Implemented (never)
	.
	.
	.

     Under Implemented (later)
	.
	.
	.

     Over Implemented (over zealous)
	.
	.
	.


BUGS
          There do appear to be bugs in apl, although  what  they
          are is not clear.  This documentation is most definite-
          ly out of date.