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From: dag@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM (Daniel A. Graifer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
Subject: Re: APL texts?
Keywords: APL, texts
Message-ID: <428@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM>
Date: 11 Oct 88 13:45:00 GMT
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Reply-To: dag@fciva.UUCP (Daniel A. Graifer)
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In article <3ef9faa3.fef1@dlfef1.engin.umich.edu> cvink@caen.engin.umich.edu (charles e vink) writes:
>I'm interested in learning APL, but no local bookstore has any books on the subject.
>Any suggestions for a good introductory text?  I will be using the Sharp
>shareware APL that came over the net some time ago and will have it's manuals, but
>they will probably not be enough.  Any ideas?
>
>Chuck Vink          cvink@caen.engin.umich.edu
> 

The book STSC includes with their APL*PLUS product is pretty good.  It is
called APL IS EASY, and is published by John Wiley & Sons, New York.I believe
the author is Jerry Turner, and that your bookstore should be able to order
it directly from the publisher.

	Good Luck, and enjoy APL (I do!),
	Dan

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