> I think this list is supposed to be a list of systems which is why I
> wouldn't include the original Iverson book.

In that case you should also exclude Rationalized APL
and A Dictionary of APL because they too were not
implemented systems.



----- Original Message -----
From: Devon McCormick <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:28
Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Anniversary
To: General forum <[email protected]>

> Roger, everyone else - thanks for all the valuable info.
> 
> I think this list is supposed to be a list of systems which is 
> why I
> wouldn't include the original Iverson book.
> 
> By the same token, I'll eliminate the pure company info, like 
> I.P. Sharp,
> and keep only the systems, some of which may be products of 
> companies past
> or contemporary.
> 
> This is an ongoing project, so anyone should feel free to 
> contribute as you
> think of new systems.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > ...
> > And, of course, you can not omit
> > Ken's 1962 book, A Programming Language.
> >
> > Your chronology mixes up when companies
> > were founded and when systems were implemented.
> > e.g. IPSA may have been founded in 1964 (?) but
> > no way SHARP APL or IPSANET were implemented
> > then.
> >
> > ...
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Devon McCormick, CFA
> ^me^ at acm.
> org is my
> preferred e-mail
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