I wrote my first APL project, a logistics model, in 1974 on a Xerox Sigma [?] mainframe. Described in my appendix to *Everest The Hard Way*, C. Bonington, 1976.
Stephen 2009/8/31 Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > Thanks for the reminder - and a belated happy birthday to J! > > This is a good intro for something I'm working on for the Ken Iverson page > for the ACM's Turing Award winners web pages. There's a section I'm on now > for APL systems in chronological order. I've asked APL vendors to > contribute a few lines about their respective systems but it's mostly meant > as an historical perspective. > > I'd like some help with dates and any systems I've missed. For instance, > Wikipedia mentions systems by Burroughs, CDC, and other mainframe companies > with whose APLs I am unfamiliar. > > Here's what I have so far: > > [1964] I.P. Sharp Associates: developed early packet switching computer > networking system known as IPSANET, and a global e-mail system. Purchased > in 1987[?] by Reuters. > [1966] APL\360 > [1967] APL\1130 > [1969] Scientific Time-Sharing Corporation > [1973] APL.SV: introduces shared variables. > [1973] 8008-based MCM/70 > [1975?] APL\360 on the 5100 > [?] Burroughs APL\700 > [1977] 8080-based "small APL" called EMPL > [1977] Z-80-based TIS APL > [1978] PDP / LSI-11 implementmentation of APL > [1979] Sharp APL > [1981?] IBM VSAPL > [1982?] APL.68000 for Motorola 68000 > [1983?] Analogic's APL machine > [1982] APL*PLUS PC > [1983?] NARS2000: open source APL interpreter written by Bob Smith. > [1983?] MicroAPL's APLX > [1984] IBM APL2 > [1985] Dyalog > [1988] Timothy A. Budd’s “An APL compiler” > [1987] Rationalized APL > [1988] A+ > [1989] J Software > [1990] ACORN: APL to C On Real Numbers - a prototype APL to C compiler. > [1993] K > [1995] APL2000 > [?] APL to C# translator from Causeway Graphical Systems > [?] Bob Bernecky's APEX compiler > > Any help, especially with references, would be appreciated. As you can > see, > some of them - I'm looking at you "Sharp" - are particularly difficult to > pin down. > > Thanks, > > Devon > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:07 PM, PackRat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Three days ago, August 27 (about 4pm), was the 20th anniversary of the > > "birth" of J <http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Incunabulum>, and > > it has grown and developed ever since. I don't know if the developers > > of J consider that the "birthdate", but it makes a lot of sense to me. > > Happy birthday, J! > > > > Harvey > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
