APLX has been withdrawn from commercial sale but can be downloaded free of charge
APLX was launched in 2002 as a successor to APL.68000. In developing the product, MicroAPL made extensive use of a number of third-party software components, which allowed us to offer a high-quality user-interface on multiple platforms. Some of the technologies on which it relies are now obsolete, and it was becoming increasingly hard to maintain the product on modern systems. Following a careful review of the technical options, MicroAPL therefore concluded that it was not sensible for us to put in place the major investment which would be required to extend the life of the product. Accordingly, we decided to stop selling the product, and to withdraw from the APL market in order to concentrate entirely on our successful porting tools business.
In order to help APLX users continue to use the APL language, we have teamed up with Dyalog Ltd, a company we have known for many years and which continues to invest substantial resources in APL. The arrangements we have jointly put in place are as follows:
- With effect from 11th July 2016, APLX is no longer available from MicroAPL. Instead, Dyalog hosts an APLX website (http://www.dyalog.com/aplx.htm) from which the existing Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit, 32-bit MacOS and 32-bit Linux versions of APLX can be downloadable free of charge on an 'as-is' basis.
- Dyalog also hosts the APLX documentation pages.
- Dyalog will offer APLX users a free non-commercial Dyalog APL licence.
- APLX users are encouraged to contact Dyalog to discuss eventually migrating their applications to Dyalog APL so as to ensure the long-term future of their APL code bases.