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-September 23 2007
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+August 26, 2012
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-Welcome to Ursala, a very cool programming language. Thanks for giving
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-it a try. Installation instructions are in the file named INSTALL. An
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-extensive tutorial and reference is in doc/manual.pdf. See the web
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-page at http://www.basis.uklinux.net/ursala for additional notes and
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-news. Comments are welcome.
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+This project is essentially an investigation of some off-beat ideas about functional
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+programming through the design and implementation of a novel language called Ursala
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+(a pseudo-acronym for universal applicative language). Its main preoccupations are
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+brevity and flexibility for rapid prototyping, with a bias toward applications involving
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+text processing/compilation, trees, graphs, and number crunching (via built-in API's
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+for some good numerical libraries such as lapack, gsl, mpfr, and others). It's probably
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+best suited to individual projects because it enforces no particular coding standards or
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+practices and makes unreadable code easier to write than most non-esoteric languages.
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-Dennis Furey
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+Ursala is mainly an individual effort that has been around for some years but
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+neglected lately due my day job. I'm now looking to revive it and address some issues,
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+such as improving the web presence and on-line documentation. Comments and feedback
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+are welcome on the mailing list, [email protected].
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[email protected]
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+Dennis Furey
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