Here is a first attempt at making a port for OpenBSD. The tgz is posted to:
http://sites.google.com/site/aplxopenbsdport/aplx-port Download the file: lang-aplx1.1.tar.gz and install it in the /usr/ports/lang area. Critiques on whether this is done correctly would be appreciated. APL is an interesting language that uses very powerful operators, such that the code retains a lot of the conciseness of mathematics. It's nice for statistics, engineering, physics and other scientific calculations. It also used to be the language of choice for financial modeling before spread sheets came along. It still has a following in certain financial applications. If those derivitave traders that got us into the latest financial mess has paid better attention to the models, written in APL, that would have predicted where they were headed, things might have worked out smoother recently. MicroAPL, http://microapl.co.uk makes a version of APL for a number of platforms. A version for non-commercial use (binary only), is available for no cost from their site (above). Getting the Linux version to work on OpenBSD requres a bit of fine tuning, so here is a port that makes it easy to install for anyone who would like to experiment with APL. Manuals are included in the distribution.
