Roger - glad to hear you'll be there and to see you have a well-defined topic.
I guess that just leaves it up to me to cover the rest.:) You're right though - at this point, it's been so long since I've done APL, it's hard to remember how I did things there. I do have one or two examples of APL based on some recent online puzzles, so that may provide a starting point. I was thinking of holding an NYCJUG meeting there as the conference ends on the second Tuesday of the month, which is when we usually meet. I don't think many of the NYC people will be there, though. See you, Devon On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > I will be there. See the Monday 1635-1715 slot. > http://www.bapla09.com/conferenceProgram.html > > The problem is that you are so used to J, taking > things for granted, that you have to think before > realizing how good you have it. :-) > > For starters: > - language: rank (try to do <"_1 y in APL), > sort, key (f/. dyad), extended precision, > sparse arrays, tacit defn, etc. > - community: J forums, Jwiki > - library: JAL > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009 13:08 > Subject: [Jprogramming] What to say about J to APLers? > To: J-programming forum <[email protected]> > > > Members of the Forum - > > > > I'm supposed to give a 40-minute or so talk at BAPL09. > > I've chosen as my > > topic "The State of SIGAPL and Musings on J": a report on the > > status and > > prospects of the (former) SIGAPL will be followed by a brief > > introduction to > > J and how it continues Iverson's legacy. > > > > Unfortunately, the SIGAPL portion of this talk shouldn't take > > more than a > > couple of minutes, so I've got to come up with something about J > > that would > > be interesting to a bunch of APLers. I have a few ideas > > but would be > > interested in hearing what people would suggest. > > > > Also, is anyone else from this forum going? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
