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Some trivia about the mapl script:

• Appeared in 8.2 (1999) or earlier
• The "m" in "mapl" originates from the old cross-platform GUI called "Mainwin"

This is just some notes for posterity (18.2): Typically, in CLI applications on Linux such as editors or REPLs, typing Ctrl-Z will temporarily suspend the editor or REPL and drop you back into the parent shell. However, the Dyalog CLI session on Linux doesn't do this; typing Ctrl-Z directly inserts ...

In the Introduction to the Programming Reference, there's a section on Binding Strengths . I understand that this defines a token binding affinity table for Bunda-Gerth parsing . A wizard on APL Orchard pointed me to this much more complete chart in the dfns namespace: https://dfns.dyalog.com/s ...

Over on the APL Orchard, I previously commented , "Nice. Prepending an empty vector lets us control the prototype of a potentially empty vector." However, Adám cautioned, "Relying on that seems dangerous. Better prepend a cell of the type you want, and then dropping (sic) it." My takeaway from the ...