The URL got lost: *My Favorite APL Symbol <http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/log.htm>*
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]>wrote: > > That brings up an interesting question... How DID the APL character set > get > > designed? Some IBM graphic designers? Ken? Who? > > I believe it was Ken Iverson. It can not have been a mere graphic > designer because the design is too exquisitely good for that. Some > discussions on the topic: > > *The Design of APL <http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLDesign.htm>*(section > 2). > > *APL\360 History <http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/apl360history.htm>*. > Search for "design of the typ" [sic], two occurrences. > > *APL Quotations and > Anecdotes*<http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLQA.htm#mnemonic>, > starting at the exchange between Brooker and Iverson. > > *My Favorite APL Symbol* > > > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]>wrote: > >> As Eric has pointed out, J has carefully picked related pairs of ASCII >> characters which graphically show the connection between related >> functions. >> APL did this as well. The problem arises when we realize that there are >> many J primitives in related groups which don't have any APL characters >> that would fit, and neither are there any sets of unicode glyphs which >> have >> the appropriate graphical characteristics that would suggest that >> relatedness. >> >> It is clear. To do the J-to-single-glyph conversion right we would need >> some new glyphs. That would likely require an expert graphical designer >> who >> was also either a mathematician or a programmer, who could express the >> functionality AND the relatedness of related primitives in a single glyph. >> Good luck with that. >> >> It could be done by someone with the right skill set, but who (or what >> group of people) would that be? >> >> That brings up an interesting question... How DID the APL character set >> get >> designed? Some IBM graphic designers? Ken? Who? >> >> Skip >> >> >> Skip Cave >> Cave Consulting LLC >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
