> Before I do that, though, is anyone familiar with the other > literature available? Which is worth buying?
Everything, since that would cost only about 100 USD. In particular, "A Source Book in APL". http://www.apl-books.com/ says erroneously that the authors are Paul Berry, Kenneth Iverson, and other contributors. The actual contents are papers by Falkoff and Iverson, with an introduction by McDonnell. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Bron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, October 25, 2007 13:15 Subject: Re: [Jchat] ACM seeks SIGAPL Quote Quad issues To: Chat forum <[email protected]> > Roger wrote: > > The entire collection being sought was published as the book > > "APL Quote-Quad: The Early Years", APL Press, 1982. > > Thank you for that information. Some googling turned up > (just) one source for this book: > > http://www.apl-books.com/ > > It's only $3, so I'm going to buy two copies (one for me, one > for the ACM). > > Before I do that, though, is anyone familiar with the other > literature available? Which is worth buying? There > is lots of material by names familiar on this list: > Iverson, McDonnell, Alvord, etc., in addition to proceedings > from early APL conferences. As I mentioned in a > recent post, I enjoy old APL material in general and Ken > Iverson's prose in particular. > > Also, it seems a tad wasteful to only order $6 of merchandise, > as (A) the shipping costs will probably dominate the purchace > price, anyway, (B) since the only form of payment acceptable to > the vendor and available to me is a money order, I'm going to > have to go to the post office, which has a high overhead, and > (C) the vendor suggests I might get free stuff if I buy more > than 2 items. > > So, recommendations? Or does anyone else want an item from > the catalog? If so, I'm happy to combine your order with mine. > > -Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
