APL book(let)

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you gotta read this

??http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl/book/APROGRAMMING%20LANGUAGE

i had never looked at this because i thought q, k and J would teach me all i needed to know. ?i’ve got a lot of study to do!

for those that know - would you call this the root of all APL? ?is there an earlier published document that might be called the germ of APL?

ta, jack

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Not an earlier document, but in case anyone is interested in a modern APL textbook, there is a free pdf download (and hardcopy available from Amazon) at:<o:p></o:p>

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http://dyalog.com/intro/<o:p></o:p>

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… and a free trial system and on-line tutorial available via http://tryapl.org<o:p></o:p>

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Morten Kromberg (Dyalog Ltd)<o:p></o:p>

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From: personal-kdbplus@googlegroups.com [mailto:personal-kdbplus@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jack Andrews
Sent: 29. november 2011 01:03
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Subject: [personal kdb+] APL book(let)<o:p></o:p>

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you gotta read this<o:p></o:p>

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  http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl/book/APROGRAMMING%20LANGUAGE<o:p></o:p>

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i had never looked at this because i thought q, k and J would teach me all i needed to know.  i’ve got a lot of study to do!<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

for those that know - would you call this the root of all APL?  is there an earlier published document that might be called the germ of APL?<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

ta, jack<o:p></o:p>

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I was actually looking for this a while back. Thanks for sharing.

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I think it is fair to call “A Programming Language” the germ of APL.

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Are you trying to say it was a small bug?

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Never.  The rudiment of a living organism, for sure.

“Are you trying to say it was a small bug?”

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this may be more accurate and more navigable:
??? http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APL.htm
but you don’t get the warm glow of the scanned dust jacket.