Make sure to ply the banquet guest speaker with drink (prime the charges), mention climate change (light the fuse) ... stand back and enjoy the fireworks!
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
