SIGAPL did a great job organizing and holding APL meetings/conferences and publishing Quote Quad.
Now the internet and various web tools have taken over their function. 2009/9/4 Devon McCormick <[email protected]>: > Frank - > > SIGAPL has been de-chartered by the ACM and folded into SIGPLAN as a chapter > of that group. Quote Quad has not come out with a new issue because > contributions (publishable material) have dried up. SIGAPL was negotiating > with ACM for funds to continue publishing but, without any content, this is > a moot point. > > There are about three of us who still do any work for SIGAPL but this is > really not enough of a volunteer base to accomplish much. I have a list of > potential volunteers I've contacted but they have done almost nothing. > > I'm in charge of the SIGAPL website, such as it is. I'm happy to post any > APL-related info there. > > Wish I had more positive news about the organization. > > Regards, > > Devon McCormick > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:54 AM, frank clooter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> QQ was published by ACM APL SIG. >> AFAIK, they parted company recently. >> Did APL SIG continue without ACM >> as a separate entity? >> >> If yes, >> a) do they still publish QQ? >> b) how to contact them? >> c) their membership cost? >> >> Thnx, >> FC >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
