Good Starter Language? (was Re: REALBasic and OpenAL)

[Leonard, Phil]

>> >How many people are programming in APL today?

>> APL !!  I thought I was the only one left that ever used that.  I started
>> with APL, APL\360 actually on an IBM 360/40.  Those were the days.
>
>Selectric terminal on a what, 36 baud accoustic-coupled modem (we upgraded to 
>a hardwired one later in the year), dialed into the -experimental- Time 
>Sharing system in Red Hook, NY.

This was the Shawnee Mission School District's 360/40.  Selectric 2741 terminals ran at 134.5 baud, acoustic-coupled modem in our case.  Now you know why that weird speed existed.  I still have my original APL\360 book.