I like Francis Anscombe's book "Computing in Statistical Science Through APL"; there may still be a copy at the uptown Strand in the math section; also, Sandra Pakin's reference manual is good as is Ulf Grenander's "Mathematical experiments on the Computer".
On 10/25/07, Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
