Get of some old APL system and try to recreate something you have done in J recently.
You may find some examples for your talk. 2009/5/14 Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > 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 > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
