Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!mips!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!levels!xtbjh From: xtbjh@levels.sait.edu.au (behoffski) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: AvAaA: Try APL descendant "J" Message-ID: <16309.282b0e06@levels.sait.edu.au> Date: 10 May 91 11:47:58 GMT References: <16281.281f708f@levels.sait.edu.au> Organization: University of South Australia Lines: 24 In article , wdr@wang.com (William Ricker) writes: > > Take a look in comp.lang.apl. The new language J, by Iverson Software Inc > (yes, that Ken Iverson) has a regularized grammar modeled on Verbs,Nouns, > Adverbs/adjectives, Conjunctions -- rather than Functors, Operators, Things. > Refernces ACM SigAPL QuoteQuod a/k/a Proceedings APL'90, Iverson & Hui, > "APL\?". Interesting. You will be pleased to know that *the* first language that I ever programmed in was a version of APL running on an IBM-370. Trying to understand News postings of APL programs with ASCII translations is hard, especially since it's been about ten years since I last looked at APL. I'll try and find a copy of the APL proceedings that you referenced; in the mean time, could you post a summary of Iverson's ideas, and possibly even a summary of "Functors, Operators, Things?" > /s/ Bill Ricker wdr@wang.wang.com > "The Freedom of the Press belongs to those who own one." > *** Warning: This account is not authorized to express opinions. *** -- Brenton Hoff (behoffski) | Senior Software Engineer | My opinions are mine xtbjh@Levels.UniSA.edu.au | AWA Transponder | (and they're weird).