Ian, thank you for your polite correction of my dyslexic spelling of Ken (as he introduced himself - perhaps honoring KEI) Saigusa's name... It is somehow wired wrong in my brain - funny how things like that happen. I would be interested in reading the article you reference if anyone has a copy they can share.
One of my more embarrassing (hence fond/amusing) personal memories is of walking from Saigusa's home to a trout fishery in Sagamihara where I was clearly the worst fisherman of several hundred people happily catching their next meal. Finally, with the help of a fellow standing next to me (who spoke not a single word of English), I managed to snag a trout. Then we had a pleasant walk back and enjoyed a wonderful BBQ over home made coals of bamboo. I was also delighted to attend an open house at his son's high school, getting a glimpse into things that tourists rarely see. He was a very gracious host. - joey At 08:44 +0000 2010/03/08, Ian Clark wrote: >Joey, that was fascinating. > >I came across Saigusa once in passing at a conference. I was quoting >from an old report of his: "APL in Japan", which I've never since been >able to track down. Though I guess the following is an updated version >(from the ACM portal). >===== >Use of APL in Japan >Full text Pdf (791 KB) >Source ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad archive >Volume 25 , Issue 1 (September 1994) table of contents >Pages: 172 - 178 >Year of Publication: 1994 >ISSN:0163-6006 >Also published in ... >Author >Kyosuke Saigusa APL Consultants of Japan Ltd., 1507 Shimomizo, >Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan 229 >===== > >I wonder if it still contains his celebrated gnomic utterance? > >Ian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
