Re: [Bug-apl] A call for justification of feature / library / extension proposals (was Re: Tk/Tcl interface)

[David B. Lamkins]

On Fri, 2014-04-25 at 19:57 +0200, Juergen Sauermann wrote:

> I can write a document summarizing my thoughts about libraries and 
> discuss it.
> There are many more aspects to consider, but we need to be pragmatic and 
> simple,
> otherwise the whole thing may not take off.

I'll also try to sketch out a concrete proposal this weekend.

I'm leaning in the direction of assuming a couple things that may
presently be GNU APL specific, but that shouldn't be a stretch for
anyone else to implement:

1. The ability to load APL from plain Unicode files, like GNU APL's
)dump format.
2. The ability to read (and perhaps write) Unicode files and to
manipulate the data of those files using APL.
3. A way to call out to the host from APL, like GNU APL's )host command.

More later...