Date:  Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:48:37 -0500 (EST)
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From: Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@MATH.ACAD.BG>
Subject:      Re: APL & Lojban
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Karl Andrews wrote:
> I originally became interested in Loglan and then Lojban as a means for
> sharpening my thinking in general, somewhat in the same manner that APL
> did for my math-oriented thinking. What jumped out at me was here are two
> other Lojban people who were familiar with APL. [...]

For what it's worth, I am also sort of familiar with APL, although I haven't
used it much; and I don't know if Irene Gates is still on this list, but she
made her bread programming in APL for several years.  I think the regularity
is a real one: my appreciation of APL and of Lojban share the same source --
a liking for the unusual plus a fondness of conciseness.

--
`Meum est propositum in taberna mori;    Vinum sit appositum sitienti ori:
 Ut dicant cum venerint angelorum chori "Deus sit propitius isti potatori".'
                          (Archpoet of Cologne, `The Confession of Golias')
Ivan A Derzhanski                              <iad@banmatpc.math.acad.bg>
H: cplx Iztok bl 91, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria  <http://www.math.acad.bg/~iad/>
W: Dept for Math Lx, Inst for Maths & CompSci, Bulg Acad of Sciences