Joey, After what I quoted, R E Boss sent me a copy of the Saigusa 1994 paper: Use of APL in Japan.
I replied, thinking I was replying to the list. Out of general interest, what I said is below. I'm sending you a copy as a pm. Ian > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks. >> >> Wow! >> >> And I thought *I* was being controversial. >> >> This is so fascinating, having been steeped in another side of the >> tale at development labs like Hursley, Kingston and Santa Teresa. >> >> No, the quotable soundbyte is no longer there, to be replaced by some >> surgically precise and devastating comment on the combatants in this >> war-story. >> >> I do love it though when he talks of "illegal APL users." Can you >> imagine there being "illegal J users?" >> >> Ian >> ("Lest We Forget") >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:12 AM, R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hope this helpes. >>> >>> >>> R.E. Boss >>> >>> >>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>>> Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens >>>> Ian Clark >>>> Verzonden: maandag 8 maart 2010 9:44 >>>> Aan: Chat forum >>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Jchat] Programming in the web browser >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
