The book "Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution " by Gerrit Blaauw and Fred Brooks uses APL expressions throughout to describe a lot of different concepts and machine functional descriptions. The original 1213 page book is now available as a 2 volume paperback edition - you can find it at:
http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Architecture-Concepts-Evolution-2/dp/0201105578/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1245862478&sr=8-1 I thought the reader reviews there were particularly interesting... At 12:13 -0400 2009/06/24, Jimmy Miller wrote: >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
