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[[User:Roger Hui|Roger Hui]] 15:45, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
== POV? ==
In the [[Calculation|APL programming language#Calculation]] section, I noticed the following statements:
:''APL was unique in the '''apparent''' speed with which it could perform complex matrix operations. For example, a very large matrix multiplication would '''appear''' to take only a few seconds on a machine which was much less powerful than those today... A widely cited paper "The APL Machine" '''perpetuated the myth''' that APL made pervasive use of lazy evaluation...'' (emphasis added)
I'm not personally involved one way or the other, but this paragraph looks like it's been edited by someone with a serious anti-APL vendetta. What in the world is "apparent speed"? Either a program is fast, or it's not. And if, as the rest of the paragraph states, some interpreters did use lazy evaluation, why is it called a "myth"? The whole section seems sort of inconsistent. --[[User:David Wahler|David Wahler]] [[User_talk:David Wahler|<small>(talk)</small>]] 14:07, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
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