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+require 'formula'
+
+class GnuApl < Formula
+  homepage 'http://www.gnu.org/software/apl/'
+  url 'http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/apl/apl-1.1.tar.gz'
+  sha1 'de5071372b64a6d6921141cbbc3555e3b40da7af'
+
+  # GNU Readline is required; libedit won't work.
+  depends_on 'readline'
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--disable-debug",
+                          "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+                          "--disable-silent-rules",
+                          "--prefix=#{prefix}"
+    system "make", "install"
+  end
+
+  test do
+    system "#{bin}/apl", "--version"
+  end
+end