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http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/032/falkoff.pdf ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy Miller <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:14 Subject: [Jchat] The use of APL in describing systems To: [email protected] > Taken from http://www.sigapl.org/whyapl.htm: > > "APL is a language for describing procedures in the processing of > information. It can be used to describe mathematical procedures having > nothing to do with computers, or to describe (to a human being) the > way a computer works." > > I'm particularly interested in that last purpose; does anyone > have any > information on when and how APL was used in describing computers and > related systems? I tried searching on my own and found a passing > mention of its use in formally describing the IBM System/360, > but I > couldn't actually find said description. I would > appreciate it if > someone could point me to information on this use of APL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
