Path: news.unb.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!news.nstn.ca!ott.istar!istar.net!van.istar!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv From: sam@csi.jpl.nasa.gov (Sam Sirlin) Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: APL language FAQ Supersedes: Followup-To: poster Date: 4 Jul 1996 22:24:26 GMT Organization: none Lines: 1349 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: 10 Aug 1996 22:22:49 GMT Message-ID: Reply-To: sam@kalessin.jpl.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: bloom-picayune.mit.edu Summary: Answers to common questions regarding the computer language APL. X-Last-Updated: 1996/06/14 Originator: faqserv@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU Xref: news.unb.ca comp.lang.apl:5172 comp.answers:15636 news.answers:56960 Archive-name: apl-faq Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: June 12, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------ APL Frequently Asked Questions (well some, anyway) ------------------------------------------------------------ Maintained by S.W. Sirlin Thanks to the many people who have contributed to this list. ------------------------------------------------------------ The questions I'm answering here are: 1. Where can I find APL for machine X? 2. How do I use APL on an XX terminal connected to machine YY? What about APL keyboards/stickers? 3. Can I compile APL? 4. What tools exist for APL? 5. Can I get an APL font for X? 6. What information exists online about APL? 7. How do I get book Y? 8. What good APL books exist? 9. What user groups exist? 10. What's the latest APL conference? 11. How do I pass APL functions from one APL to another? 12. How do I write APL using only ASCII? 13. Where can I find APL employment information? ------------------------------------------------------------ New in this version: minor updates ------------------------------------------------------------ (1) APL sources APL\11 Freely available interpreter for UNIX (C), thanks to Michael Cain. Currently has some bugs. ftp: waterloo, cshl E-mail: mcain@advtech.uswest.com. APL2000 (formerly Manugistics/STSC): APL+PC, APL+DOS, APL+UNIX, APL+Win (for Windows 3.1, NT, 95), APL+Link, APL+Link Pro, APLSE for DOS (freeware, no printed documentation or support), APL+ Consulting Services APL2000 Inc. 6116 Executive Blvd Suite 200 Rockville, Maryland, USA 20852 Sales Phone: 609-734-9692 Sales Fax: 609-734-9644 Support Phone: 301-998-8893 Support Fax: 301-998-8888 Consulting Services Phone: 609-734-9621 e-mail: sales@apl2000.com support@apl2000.com consult@apl2000.com http://members.aol.com/APL2000 APL.68000 (Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, IBM RS/6000, Mac level I/II, add in board for IBM pc's, PowerMac): In North America: Spencer Organization 24 Wampum Road Park ridge, NJ USA 07656 Phone: +1-201-307-9099, Fax: +1-201-307-9404 For the rest of the world: MicroAPL Limited South Bank Technopark 90 London Road, London UK SE1 6LN Phone: +44-171-922-8866 Fax: +44-171-928-1006 E-mail: microapl@microapl.demon.co.uk E-mail: microapl@applelink.apple.com APL92 (Mac, system 7.1), older APL90: ftp to mars.emse.fr or ftp.emse.fr, look in /pub/lang/apl Jean-Jacques Girardot School Mines St-Etienne, France girardot@cambur.emse.fr APROL (Scheme/J mix): ftp to ariel.cs.trinity.edu and cd into pub. For further information E-mail: jhowland@ariel.cs.trinity.edu CAPL (IBM PC) shareware interpreter Thomas Glen Smith 3154 W. Shady Lane Neenah, WI E-mail: 76207.3343@CompuServe.com ftp: waterloo DEC (VAX APL V4.0): Digital Equipment Corp. Maynard, MASS, USA Dyalog APL Version 7.1 (Unix, APL/W for Windows): Source: Dyadic Systems Ltd. Riverside View, Basing Road, Old Basing, Basingstoke Hampshire RG24 7AL, UK Tel: 011-44-(1256) 811125 Fax: (1256) 811130 Email : support@dyadic.com CompuServe: 100136,1473 US Distributor: Beautiful Systems Inc. 308 Old York Road, Suite 5 Jenkintown, PA 19046 USA Tel: (215) 886-2636 Fax: (215) 886-4888 Compuserve: 73567,1016 I-APL (IBM PC, Mac, some other PCs) (free*): In the US (may require lots of patience): Edward M. Cherlin Co-Chairman, I-APL Limited 6611 Linville Drive Weed, California, USA 96094-9763 Phone: (916) 938-4684, Fax: 916/938-3229 Email: Cherlin@snowcrest.net In the UK: Anthony Camacho Co-Chairman, I-APL Limited 11 Auburn Road Redland Bristol BS6 6LS UK IBM APL2 for PC DOS, OS/2, RISC System/6000, Sun Solaris, and IBM mainframes, plus TryAPL2 for PC DOS (free*) APL Products IBM Santa Teresa, Dept. M46/D12 555 Bailey Avenue San Jose, California 95141, USA Phone: 408-463-APL2 (408-463-2752), FAX: 408-463-4488 E-mail: apl2@vnet.ibm.com CompuServe: go IBMAPL2 IBMMAIL: USIB6JN8 ftp: ftp.software.ibm.com (ps.boulder.ibm.com) (look in ps/products/apl2) http://www.torolab.ibm.com/ap/apl/apl2.html From 1-800-IBM-CALL or 1-800-3-IBM-OS2 APL2 for PC DOS: In North America, 5799-PGG, PRPQ RJ0411, Part No. 6242936 In Europe, Program Product 5604-260, Part No. 38F1753 APL2 for OS/2, Entry Edition, is part number 89G1556 APL2 for OS/2, Advanced Edition, is part number 89G1697 AIX APL2/6000 is Program Number 5765-012 APL2 for Sun Solaris is Program Number 5648-065 APL2 for CMS/TSO is Program Number 5688-228 APL2 Application Environment for CMS/TSO is Program Number 5688-229 IBM APL2 for the P/370 (Mainframe VM/ESA on a PS/2) Interprocess Systems, Inc. 11660 Alpharetta Hwy., Suite 455 Roswell, GA 30076 USA 404-410-1700, FAX: 404-410-1773 E-mail: 70373.2676@compuserve.com J (for DOS, Linux, Windows, Mac, RS/6000, Sun) & APLIWIN (for Windows), Produced by: Iverson Software Inc. 33 Major Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2K9 Voice: 416-925-6096 Fax: 416-488-7559 Distributed by: Strand Software 19235 Covington Court Shorewood, Minnesota 55331, USA Tel: 612-470-7345 Fax: 612-470-9202 Web: http://www.jsoftware.com Email: info@jsoftware.com MacAPL: Macs (?) version 2.11 (I don't know much about this yet) Michael C. O'Connor Leptonic Systems Co. 405 Tarrytown Rd., White Plains, NY 10607 (914) 682-0377 version 1.13 ftp://ftp.uwtc.washington.edu/pub/Mac/Programming/Languages/ (no longer: ftp://ftp.ens.fr/pub/mac/hqx/ ) Manugistics (formerly STSC): APL*PLUS II/VMS, Statgraphics Manugistics 2115 East Jefferson St. Rockville, Maryland, USA 20852 Phone: 800-592-0050, 301-984-5000, 301-984-5412, 301-984-5123 Fax: 301-984-5094 e-mail: support: answer@manu.com international: intl@manu.com BBS: 301-984-5222 SHARP APL (MVS, AIX, SunOS, Solaris); also Viewpoint, LOGOS, Mailbox: Soliton Associates Limited (Formerly I. P. Sharp Associates) 44 Victoria St, Suite 2100 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1Y2 Phone: (416) 364-9355 Fax: (416) 364-6159 E-mail: sales@Soliton.COM Soliton Associates, Inc. 1100 University Ave., Suite 111 Rochester, NY 14607 USA Phone: (716) 256-6466 Fax: (716) 256-6469 Soliton Associates Limited Groot Blankenberg 53 1082 AC Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 646 4475, Fax: +31 20 644 1206 Email: ljh@soliton.com Q'Nial: NIAL Systems Limited PO Box 1073 Kingston, Canada K7L 4Y5 Tel: (613) 542-6964 (800) 465-1798 Fax: (613) 542-8277 E-mail: ns@lqucis.queensu.ca URL: http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/home/nsl/info.html ------------------------------------------------------------ (2) Terminal Emulation Chameleon TN3270 for Windows, networks, IBM 3179G and 3192G emulation, SAA, APA graphics. NetManage 10725 De Anza Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014, U.S.A. Phone: 408/973-7171 Fax: 408/257-6405 E-mail: Donna@NetManage.com EXTRA! Extended for DOS or EXTRA! for Windows. Includes APL2 character set in both. DOS product works under Windows. Attachmate Corporation 13231 S.E. 36th Street Bellevue, Washington 98006 USA tel. (800) 426-6283 (206) 644-4010 in Washington State IBM Terminal Emulators with APL Support: AIX: AIX X-Windows 3270 Emulator/6000 (X3270) Program Number 5765-011 DOS/Windows: PC/3270 Version 3, Version 4 9/30 OS2 Extended Services Communications Manager: Includes the CMAPL Application Aid. Requires APAR fixes after the Graphics Engine CSD is installed. OS2 Communications Manager/2 (CM/2): APL Support is available in Version 1.11 IRMA (PC) ?? Digital Communications Associates, Inc. 1000 Alderman Drive Alpharetta, Georgia 30201-4199 USA tel. (770) 442-4000 RUMBA (for 3270, APL and graphics) Wall Data 17769 NE 78th Place Redmond WA 98052-4992 206-883-4777 TN3270 (Macintosh) Not public domain, but may be freely distributed. Works with TCP/IP Anonymous FTP from BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (128.148.128.40): Distribution files are in the highest level directory. Begin by retrieving the file $README.FIRST which describes the other files. Anonymous FTP from FTP.NCSA.UIUC.EDU (128.174.20.50): Distribution files are contained in the directory NCSA_Telnet/tn3270. Same files as above above for BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU. BITNET distribution from LISTSERV@BROWNVM: Send LISTSERV the command GET TN3270 PACKAGE. GET LOCAL FILELIST for a complete list of available files. Mail order from Brown for $20 (check payable to Brown University): TN3270 Distribution Brown University Computer Store P.O. Box 1885 Providence, Rhode Island 02912 USA Info -- the NCSA Telnet Digest subscription: request@ncsa.uiuc.edu. YTERM For PC, supports IBM, VAX, TCP/IP with APL/APL2 chars. Yale University Computing & Information Systems Software Distribution 175 Whitney Avenue New Haven CT 06520 Tel: (203) 432-6600 Fax: (203)-432-6165 LISTSERV@YALEVM Z-Stem, a series of VT (e.g. VT240) emulators, for MSDOS PC/VAX-11 KEA Systems 3738 North Fraser Way, Unit 101 Burnaby, British Columbia Canada, V5J 5G1 (604) 431-0727 ------------------------------------------------------------ (2.1) APL Keyboards/Keycaps: APL keyboard: IBM/Lexmark keyboard, part no. 60G3571 or KB-571, (Professional 101-key keyboard about $90) APL2 Keycaps, US and UK base set ...(about $46)... SX80-0270 APL2 Keycaps, German Upgrade to SX80-0270 ........ SX80-0452 APL2 Keycaps, French Upgrade to SX80-0270 ........ SX80-0453 APL2 Keycaps, Italian Upgrade to SX80-0270 ....... SX80-0454 APL2 Keyboard Decals ..(about $13 for set of two). SC33-0604 Keycaps and decals are "publications" - order at 800-879-2755 Keyboard stickers, custom replacement key caps: Hooleon Corp. P.O. Box 230 Cornville, AZ 86325 Tel: (602) 634-7515 Fax: (602) 634-4620 Keyboard stickers: APL2000 Inc. (see above address) ------------------------------------------------------------ (3) Compilers APL to C conversion and compiler - I've heard this is out of business these days. Sofremi-AGL 6. rue Paul Bert 92800 Puteaux - France (1) 47.72.25.13 + Telex: 612 651 F Manugistics compiler for IBM 370 APL*PLUS, documented in APL '85 see Manugistics listing above, or E-mail: aplsales@manu.com VSAPL to C conversion and compiler Dr. Wai-Mee Ching Computer Science Department T. J. Watson Research Center P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Phone: 914-784-7748 E-mail: ching@watson.ibm.com Experimental: Tim Budd's APLc: anonymous login to ftp.cs.orst.edu, cd users/b/budd, or http://www.cs.orst.edu/~budd and look under books. (latest C++ version unavailable?) My current modification (3.10) of Budd's older aplc: anonymous ftp to: csi.jpl.nasa.gov (128.149.29.4) or send mail to sam@kalessin.jpl.nasa.gov asking for it ------------------------------------------------------------ (4) Other tools for APL IEDIT (APL2 editor), AFM file system, APL2 tools. Interprocess Systems, Inc. 11660 Alpharetta Hwy, Suite 455 Roswell GA 30076 USA 404-410-1700, Fax: 404-410-1773 E-mail: 70373.2676@compuserve.com Insight Systems - SQAPL, an interface to SQL databases via ODBC or SequeLink, a spreadsheet manager, and a number of other APL tools available for many APL systems. Insight Systems ApS Nordre Strandvej 119A DK-3150 Hellebaek Denmark Phone: +45 42 10 70 22 FAX: +45 42 10 75 74 insight@inet.uni-c.dk SQL Auxiliary Processor for Dyalog APL for Windows (DDE) Lingo Allegro USA, Inc. 6749 S.Westnedge Ave, Suite K-268 Phone: +1 312 203 4926 Fax: +1 708 459 8501 Internet: 71303.3224@CompuServe.com Computer Aided Instruction, for PC or mainframe IBM. Also a newsletter. Zark Incorporated 23 Ketchbrook Lane Ellington CT 06029 USA ------------------------------------------------------------ (5) APL fonts Besides commercial products that come with the interpreters, there are: 1. fonts for TeX, laTeX, the X windows system, postscript, and truetype (windows) are available on waterloo. 2. Truetype fonts for windows are available from ISI. 3. Truetype fonts Dyalog APL and Vector APL are available gratis, if you send a blank, formatted disk: Adrian Smith Brook House, Gilling East, YORK England -- U.K. (See his article in the April 1993 issue of VECTOR journal) 4. STSC, now Manugistics, used to distribute a rom chip with the APL characters for use in old monochrome adapters (now almost extinct). There's also code called SIMCGA.COM, that makes an old Hercules act like a cga (itself pretty old). ------------------------------------------------------------ (6) Online information, free* APLs & WS 1. APL\BBS Sysop Dick Holt HRH Systems 3802 N. Richmond St. Arlington VA 22207 (703) 528-7617, 1200-14400b (N-8-1), 24 hrs. Free email and many free files. $US24/year subscription for full service. Comp.lang.apl echo. Files for APL*PLUS, IBM APL2/TryAPL2, ISI, Sharp, Dyalog, and I-APL. On-screen APL lessons, cryptography, APL in French, APL Conference Software, J, and much more. Send $US2 for 100k on-disk catalog of all BBS\APL files. 2. Anonymous ftp servers: archive.uwaterloo.ca or watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (129.97.128.10) L.J. Dickey's collection. Current J distribution for many machines (and J source, including LinkJ), APL\11, APLSE, CAPL, IAPL, RatAPL, TryAPL, APL fonts, TeX macros and fonts, the toronto toolkit, some other WS, archives of comp.lang.apl, the APL standard, an Introduction to J, and this FAQ. These are in directories starting from directory languages/apl atmos.dar.csiro.au, in netcdf/hld Harvey Davies' stat.js for J7. cshl.org, in pub/bill/apl APL\11 modified for W. Chang's APL! keywords, fep, some comp.lang.apl discussions. csi.jpl.nasa.gov (128.149.29.4) The site for this FAQ, my version of the apl compiler (3.7), some scripts for J, LaTeX J language summary, J faq, APL92, my version of apl\11, modified for my keywords. See the directory pub/apl exaia.wu-wien.ac.at (137.208.15.202) some J sources, particularly for HP ftp.cs.ualberta.ca, pub/smillie/ some reports by K. Smillie, "Some notes on introducing J with statistical examples" "What is J?" ftp.debian.org Jv7 for Linux in debian/debian-current/binary/devel/j1-7-2.deb ftp.ips.cs.tu-bs.de Some apl/J stuff, copy of the draft standard. In /ftp/ips/pub/... ftp.software.ibm.com, IBM APL2 site. Look in /ps/products/apl2 gatekeeper.dec.com The site of Committee Draft 1 of the APL ANSI/ISO standard (1/93) in: pub/plan/apl/cover.ps (a cover letter) pub/plan/apl/aplcd1.ps (the main document) nova.cc.purdue.edu, cs.orst.edu some NEXT/J material: j.pkg.tar, Visage.pkg.tar ps.boulder.ibm.com, IBM APL2 site. Look in /ps/products/apl2 wuvieai.wu-wien.ac.at (137.208.15.20) This mirror of the APL Archives on watserv1 may be more convenient for users in Europe. Start in the directory /pub/lang/apl 3. WWW servers: ACM SIGAPL - information about the ACM, SIGAPL, related organizations, conferences, Internet resources, and the APL White Pages. Maintained by Kirk Iverson. http://www.acm.org/sigapl/ gopher://gopher.acm.org/11[the_files.sig_forums.sigapl] APL2000 Inc. Home Page http://members.aol.com/APL2000 APL Methods Home Page (under construction 3/9/95): http://www.secapl.com/aplmeth/top.html Stephen J. Halasz's APL Page. http://www.interaccess.com/users/sjhalasz/apl.htm IBM APL2 Home Page http://www.torolab.ibm.com/ap/apl/apl2.html J Home Page http://www.jsoftware.com Q'Nial http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/home/nsl/info.html Toronto SIG - various information, back issues of the newsletter Gimme Arrays! http://www.sigapl.mtnlake.com/sigapl/welcome.html Jim Weigang's Home Page - Newsreader etc. http://www.chilton.com/~jimw 4. Mail servers listserv@listserv.unb.ca (listserv@unb.ca), in the list APL-L, archives of comp.lang.apl ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com - mail access to waterloo, gatekeeper 5. Mail servers/lists BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET - access to waterloo Access to the APL-L on bitnet from the internet can be done via mail: To: listserv%UNBVM1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu Subject: SUBSCRIBE APL-L SUBSCRIBE APL-L DyalogAPL t-chan@u-aizu.ac.jp for Dyalog users APL-ERS APL-ERS@IRLEARN.BITNET UCD APL Interest Group "virtually extinct" APL-L APL-L@UNBVM1.BITNET, APL-L@UNB.CA APL Language Discussion (mirror of comp.lang.apl) APLEDU-L APLEDU-L@UNBVM1.BITNET APL in Education plus of course the Potomac_sigAPL_announce@acm.org 6. Inquiries about the proposed ISO standard should be addressed to the mailing-list at apl-stds@watmath.UWaterloo.CA (SC22 WG3 attendees) ------------------------------------------------------------ (7) Sources of Publications/Books APL Quote Quad Association for Computing Machinery (address below) EducAPL 1120 Ave du Parc Quebec PQ CANADA G1S2W7 Renaissance Data Systems current catalog available for SASE ($.32) P.O.Box 421, Georgetown, CT 06829 e-mail: shaw@ix.netcom.com or call Ed Shaw at the APL Group, Inc. at (203)762-3933 (Please do not ask for RDS) old: PO Box 20023 Park West Finance Station NY, NY USA 10025-1510 (212) 864-3078 (SIGAPL book sale) APL Book Sale Robert G. Brown C/O Lingo Allegro USA Inc. 6749 South Westnedge Avenue Suite K-268 Portage, Michigan USA 49002 email address: bob@acm.org ------------------------------------------------------------ (8) References - books mentioned on the net or that someone has recomended, not all of which are available 1. Brown et. al. "APL2 at a Glance," Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-038670-7. 2. T. Budd, "An APL Compiler," Springer-Verlag. 3. Maurice Dalois, "Introduction to APL*PLUS PC," available from EducAPL, US$30, US$10 for overseas shipping. 4. J. Ever and C. Fair, "Guidelines for APL Systems," DPD 22 IBM 037301, March 1976. 5. Gilman and Rose, "APL - An Interactive Approach," Wiley, ISBN 220-471-30022-5. 6. Ulf Grenander, "Mathematical Experiments on the Computer," Academic Press, 1982, ISBN 0-12-301750-5. 7. Kent Haralson, Useful APL Defined Functions, IBM Technical Report, TR 00.2409, Feb. 8 1973. 8. Timothy Holls, "APL Programming Guide," IBM G320-6103, 1978, and G320-6735, 1981, (out of print?). 9. IBM, "APL2 Programming: Language Reference" (Version 2, SH21-1061; Version 1, SH20-9227 (DOS only)). 10. IBM, "The APL Handbook of Techniques", IBM publication number S320-5996, April 1978. Includes routines for multi-precision integer and float operations. 11. K. E. Iverson, A Programming Language, Wiley, 1962. 12. K. Iverson, "A personal view of APL," IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1991. 13. K. Iverson, Concrete Mathematics Companion 14. S. Kamin, "Programming Languages: An Interpreter-Based Approach," contains (among other things) toy implementations of Lisp, APL, Scheme, SASL, CLU, Smalltalk, and Prolog, Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-201-06824-9. 15. Bernard LEGRAND, "Les APL Etendus," Masson, Paris, 1994. An introduction to modern APL (French). 16. Jon McGrew, "An Introduction to APL2," IBM (SH20-9229). 17. Peelle, APL an Introduction, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, ISBN 0-03-004953-9. 18. Reiter & Jones, APL with a Mathematical Accent, Brooks/Cole ISBN 0-534-12864-5, (now being distributed by Chapman & Hall). 19. C. Reiter, Fractuals Visualization and J, Iverson Software, Inc, 1995 ISBN 1-895721-11-3. 20. Adrian Smith, "APL, A Design Handbook for Commercial Systems," Wiley series in information processing, Wiley & Sons, 1982, ISBN 0-471-10092-7. 21. Norman D. Thomson, Raymond P. Polivka, "APL2 in Depth," Springer-Verlag, 1995, ISBN 0-387-94213-0 ($39.95). 22. Jerry R. Turner, "APL IS EASY!," Manugistics, 1993. 23. "SHARP APL Reference Manual," 2nd ed., Soliton Associates Limited PC Version: Iverson Software, 1993, ISBN 1-895721-07-5. 24. Jim Weigang, "APL Notes," Available from J. Weigang (includes APL*PLUS interpreter) 68 Plateau Circle West Springfield, MA, 01089, USA price: US$29 postpaid in US & Canada, US$38 overseas. 25. "A Source Book in APL", APL Press, 1981, ISBN 0-917326-10-5. 26. "J Phrases", Iverson Software, 1996, ISBN 1-895721-12-1 ------------------------------------------------------------ (9) User groups - Note that information on officers may be somewhat out of date. 1. ACM/SIGAPL Association for Computing Machinery / Special Interest Group on APL, international membership. Quarterly journal Quote Quad. Chapter groups around the country. Association for Computing Machinery 1515 Broadway New York, NY 10036 Tel: (212) 626-0500 E-mail acmhelp@acm.org 2. APLBUG APL Bay Area Users Group, Northern California ACM SIGAPL Meets monthly, regular newsletter, $20/yr. Chairman: Chuck Kennedy (408)241-5920 75014.215@compuserve.com ckennedy@hooked.net Secretary/Treasurer: Curtis Jones 228 South 15th Street San Jose, CA 95112-2150 jonesca@vnet.ibm.com Newsletter editor: George Mendonsa (?) 73443.3373@compuserve.com ghwr19a@prodigy.com 3. Belgian APL CAM Users Society (BACUS) APL CAM Journal (4 issues / year in French, Dutch, English) and other publications. fee: 500 Belgian F c/o Joseph De Kerf Rooienberg 72 B2570 Duffel BELGIUM tel.: 32-15-31 47 24 4. BAA British APL Association, a specialist group of the British Computer Society, international membership. Quarterly journal VECTOR maintains a comprehensive vendor and product list. NOTE: send official correspondence to the Secretary, newsletter correspondence to the journal editor. Chairman: Dr Alan Mayer, European Business Managment School, Swansea University, Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 44 1792 205678 x 4274 E-mail; a.d.mayer@swansea.ac.uk Treasurer: Nicholas Small 8 Cardigan Road London E3 5HU, UK Tel: +44 181 980 7870 Journal editor (Vector): Anthony Camacho 11 Auburn Road, Redland Bristol BS6 6LS, UK Tel: +44 117 9730036 Email: acamacho@cix.compulink.co.uk Secetary : Sylvia Camacho (Address as for Anthony Camacho) 5. Chicago APL SIG Larry Mysz Chicago APL SIG 836 Highland Drive Chicago Heights IL 60411, USA E-mail: 73040.3032@compuserve.com 6. Connecticut APL group Bob Pomeroy Mass Mutual Life 1295 State Street Mail Drop F465 Springfield MA 01111 USA Tel: +1 413 788 8411 x2838 7. Denmark: APL Special Interest Group of the Danish Data Association (DDA) (?) Per Gjerlof E-mail: d03per@vm2.uni-c.dk 8. Dutch APL User Group ( APL Werkgroep Nederland ) president: Theo Zwart OASIS Lekstraat, 4 NL3433 ZB Niewegein The NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 3402 66336 Fax: +31 3402 65844 secr. B. Smoor Dorpstraat 50 4128BZ Lexmond The Netherlands Also contact Eke Van Batenburg E-mail: sbqbeb@rulsfb.leidenuniv.nl 9. Association Francophone pour la promotion du langage APL Les Nouvelles d'APL (journal 4/year) and other publications in French. fee: 350 franch francs in France, 450 FF abroad, 2800 FF for firms. 174, bd de Charonne - 75020 PARIS - FRANCE Tél. & Fax : (33)-1-43-56-31-79) President: Sylvain Baron, General Secretary: Ludmila Lemagnen, E-mail: lemagnen@aol.com 10. APL-Club Germany c/o Dieter Lattermann Rheinstrasse 23 D-69190 Walldorf, GERMANY Tel: +49 6227 2003 11. Japan APL Association (JAPLA) Japanese APL/J interest group. Monthly meetings at every 3rd Saturday and hold study APL /J. Currently published JAPLA's journal 2 times / year. We welcome to our associate member who has an interest in APL/J. JAPLA's Office c/o PRIDE Masujima Bldg. 1-8-13, Higasi Gotanda, Shinagawa ku, Tokyo , 141 JAPAN Tel: 81-3-3280-0411 Fax: 81-3-3280-0418 Chairman: Dr. Tosio Nishikawa Laboratory National Chemical for Industry Higashi 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan International Interface: Masafusa Yasuda 2-4-10, Nogata, Nakano ku, Tokyo, 165 JAPAN Tel/Fax: 81-3-3319-1956 E-mail: myasuda@mix.or.jp 12. APL Club Oesterreich Obere Donaustrasse 95 A-1020 Wein, AUSTRIA 13. Rome/Italy ACM SIGAPL Casella Postale 14343 00100 - Roma Trullo, ITALY Chair:Mario Sacco E-mail: marsac@vnet.ibm.com Additional contact: David Lanari Universita di Perugia Piaza dell'Universita 2 Via G. Verga 30 I06100 Perugia, ITALY E-mail: david@ipguniv.bitnet 14. Melbourne APL Users Group Contacts: Harvey Davies CSIRO Div Atm Res Private Bag No. 1 Mordialloc, Victoria 3195, Australia Phone: +61 3 586 7574 E-mail: hld@dar.csiro.au Moshe Sniedovich E-mail: moshe@mundoe.maths.mu.oz.au 15. NY/SIGAPL [revised 9/2/95] The New York City local chapter of ACM SIGAPL Monthly meetings (ex July/August), newsletter "Big Apple APL", "APL as a Tool of Thought" miniconferences, approx. annual. Dues $35, $25 for ACM or ACM SIGAPL members, $10 for students. PO Box 2697 New York, NY 10163-2697 USA Chairman: Phil Benkard Tel: +1 914-277-8344 E-mail: benkard@aol.com Newsletter editor: Jim Boyd Tel: +1 914-941-9239 E-mail: boyd@cloud9.net Membership chairman: Lynne C. Shaw Tel: +1 212-662-2406 E-mail: lcshaw@ix.netcom.com 16. The Potomac ACM SIGAPL Chapter, in conjunction with the SIGAPL of the CPCUG (Capital PC User Group), meets at 7:30 pm, on the 3rd Monday of each month, in the CPCUG classroom ("L" level), at: 51 Monroe Street, Plaza East Two (near the Rockville Metro stop) Rockville, Maryland 20850-2421 E-mail: Potomac_sigAPL_Chapter@acm.org Finger: PotAPL@acm.org (to contact CPCUG: 301-762-9372 FAX 301-762-9375 directions) To subscribe to the SIGAPL program announcement listserve, send the one line msg below to MAILSERV@acm.org: subscribe potomac_sigapl_announce (your real name) Directions and Calendar are also available as Bulletins D and E on the BBS\APL at 703-528-7617, 1200-14400b, 24 hrs. For information about Potomac SIGAPL, send email to Dick Holt (dholt@CapAccess.org), to John Martin (jam@acm.org), or to Larry Dusold (lrd@vm.cfsan.fda.gov). 17. Rochester, NY APL group Gary Dennis Soliton Associates 1100 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14607, USA E-mail: gsd@ipsalab.tor.soliton.com 18. South East APL Users' Group (SEAPL) Doc Manges SEAPL Newsletter Editor 413 Comanche Trail Lawrenceville GA 30244 Other contacts: Gordon and Stella Chamberlain Interprocess Systems, Inc. 11660 Alpharetta Hwy, Suite 455 Roswell GA 30076, USA Tel: +1 404 410 1700, Fax: +1 404 410 1773 E-mail: 70373.2676@compuserv.com 19. SOCAL-SIGAPL Southern California APL user's group. Meets monthly, usually fourth Tuesday at Los Angeles City College. Regular newsletter, $15/year. Secretary-Treasurer: George D. Smith 1001 Thistlegate Road Oak Park, CA 91301 e-mail smitty9901@aol.com phone: (818) 706-8203 Editor: Arthur J. Stasney e-mail: astasney@alumni.caltech.edu 20. SovAPL Alexander O. Skomorokhov P.O. Box 5061 Obninsk - 5 Kaluga Region RUSSIA E-mail: askom@apl2.obninsk.su Dr Alexander Skomorokhov Obninsk Institut of Nuclear Power/IATE Studgorod 1 Obninsk Kaluga Region 249020 RUSSIA Tel: +7 084439 31463 Fax: +7 095 2552225 E-mail: askom@apl2.obninsk.su 21. Suomen APL-yhdistys ry (Finn APL Association) about 4 informal newsletters/year, mainly in Finnish, one English issue/year. Membership fees,per year 100 Fmk (about 20 $) Address: Box 1005, 00101 Helsinki, Finland Chair: Eero Korpelainen (1992) University of Joensuu, Department of Statistics, Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland Telefax: 358-73-1513290 E-mail: ek@joyl.finujo.fi 22. SWAPL -- SouthWest APL Users' Group Membership fees, per year USA ----- $12 Non-USA postal supplement --------- $6 c/o Stuart Yarus (newsletter editor) P.O. Box 210367 Bedford, TX 76095 U.S.A. (817) 656 5896; (817) 577 0165 Compuserve: 73700,2545 Internet: 73700.2545@compuserve.com 23. SwedAPL Chairman is Christer Ulfhielm. c/o Novator Consulting Group AB Svardvagen 11C S-182 33 Danderyd Sweden Tel: +46 8 6226350 Fax: +46 8 6226351 E-mail: 100341.404@CompuServe.com (Christer Ulfhielm) 24. Swiss APL User(s) Group Hans Steffen Swiss APL User Group c/o Federal Statistical Office CH3003 Berne SWITZERLAND Fax: +41 31 382 27 95 See also: Dr. Hanspeter Bieri Institut fur Informatik Universitat Berne Langgasstrasse 51 CH3012 Bern SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 31 65 86 81 Fax: +41 31 65 39 65 E-mail:bieri@iam.unibe.ch E-mail: si@ifi.unizh.ch 25. Sydney APL Users Group Newsletter (with contributions from Melbourne group): "Epsilon" Acting President and Treasurer: Nick Laletin, Jr. PO Box 1511 Macquarie Centre, North Ryde 2113 Australia Tel: +61 02 427 1605 Fax: (02) 257 6670 Secretary: Erik Nielson Phone: +61 2 257 5742 26. Toronto ACM APL SIG Meets the 4th monday of September through May, excluding December, Monthly newsletter Gimme Arrays! Attendance is free and membership is CAD 25 per year, CAD 5 for full time students. Chair: Ben Best 416-862-3193 Newsletter: Gaetan Godin/Randy McDonald 519-679-8290 Treasurer: Eric Granz 416-784-8703 Information Coordinator: Richard Procter 416-651-4037 P.O. Box 55 Adelaide Street Post Office Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 2H8 http://www.sigapl.mtnlake.com/sigapl/welcome.html 27. APL White Pages A collection of names and e-mail adressess of those interested in APL. Currently 160 listings. To be listed, get the registration form from ftp://acm.org/sig_forums/sigapl/white.txt, or by selecting the "How to add to this list" link in the White Pages area of the SIGAPL Web Pages. Then e-mail the form to kbi@io.org (Kirk Iverson) with subject line "APL White Pages" ------------------------------------------------------------ (10) Conferences APL96: Designing the Future July 28, 1996 through August 1, 1996 University of Lancaster, UK Sponsored by ACM/SIGAPL Invitation and Call for Participation (abridged) ACM/SIGAPL (The Special Interest Group on APL) is pleased to announce the convening of the 1996 International Conference on APL. The theme of the conference is Designing the Future. This year, the focus will be on tools, techniques, technologies, and applications that bring APL to the leading edge of computer technology. The APL96 Program Committee seeks papers that showcase the place of array programming languages in the technological tools available for research, development, design, and delivery in any discipline. Papers focusing on APL, J, or other array programming languages are solicited. Tracks with specific industry focus will provide to participants the opportunity to explore these tools in depth with colleagues sharing their interests. Submission Please notify either program chairman via e-mail or Fax of your intention to submit a paper by providing an abstract by November 30, 1995. Prospective authors will be given complete formatting instructions for draft and final paper submission. Draft papers (not longer than 5000 words) are due no later than January 31, 1996. To avoid mailing delays, submission by e-mail or fax is encouraged. Notification of the program committee decision will be sent to authors by March 8, 1996. Camera-ready copy of final papers must be in the hands of the proceedings editor no later than April 15, 1996. Editor James Boyd will assist authors with preparation of final, camera-ready copy from electronic text. Authors of papers included in the proceedings should plan to present them at the conference. The APL96 Software Exchange: SIGAPL invites you to send new and useful software to the APL96 Software Exchange. The Software Exchange is a good way to make your, or your firm's, skills and products more widely known. New GUI software is especially welcome. Software from prior APL conferences is also welcome if it has been significantly improved or updated. Software received by April 30,1996 will be available to attendees at APL96. The conference package plus later submissions will be available by about October 1996 from SIGAPL, the BBS\APL, and via ftp at watserv1.uwaterloo.ca. Small files via UUENCODE, or further info, see addresses. Software in APL, J, and related array languages is invited. English is preferred, and other languages are also welcome. Include an ASCII read.me (lisez.moi, lis-mich.dok) file that briefly describes what the software does, and what software and hardware is needed to use it. This year we want to try something new. If possible, please also include an APLASCII (v1.4) version of any software that you submit (ftp APLASCII for your interpreter via watserve1.uwaterloo.ca). You must include written permission to distribute any copyright software. Without permission, we can't distribute copyright software. Program Committee: Chairman: J. Philip Benkard, IBM (Retired) (USA) benkard@aol.com Chairman: Adrian Smith, Causeway Graphical Systems (UK) 100331.644@compuserve.com Robert Bernecky, Snake Island Research, Inc. (Canada) bernecky@eecg.toronto.edu James A. Brown, IBM Corp.(USA) aplbrown@vnet.ibm.com Robert G. Brown, Lingo Allegro, Inc. (USA) bob@acm.org David Eastwood, MicroAPL (UK) MicroAPL@microapl.demon.co.uk Garth Foster, Syracuse University (USA) gfoster@cat.syr.edu Morten Kromberg, Insight Systems (Denmark) insight@inet.uni-c.dk Eric Lescasse, Uniware (France) 70731.3233@compuserve.com John Scholes, Dyadic Systems, Ltd. (UK) scholes@dyadic.com Lynne C. Shaw, Consultant (USA) shaw@acm.org Alan Sykes, European Business Mgmt School (UK) a.m.sykes@swansea.ac.uk Addresses for abstracts, draft papers, software exchange contributions, and other offers of participation: Philip Benkard: benkard@aol.com James Boyd: boyd@cloud9.net Adrian Smith: 100331.644@compuserve.com Dick Holt (SWX): dick.holt@acm.org Fax: USA: (212)662-0913 or (914)277-7804 Fax: UK: 4416 53 697719 Postal Service (USA) Papers J.P. Benkard 21B Heritage Hills Somers, NY 11111, USA APL96 Software Exchange on 3.5" disk to: Dick Holt 3802 N. Richmond St. Arlington VA 22207 USA. Postal Service (UK) Adrian Smith Causeway Graphical Systems Ltd 5 The Maltings Castlegate North Yorks Y017 ODP England UK APL95 software exchange - The Conference Package, plus the APL95 Supplement, will be available by about October 1995 from SIGAPL, the BBS\APL, and the Waterloo archive. ------------------------------------------------------------ (11) Migration of applications Different APL vendors store workspaces in completely different formats. This has greatly reduced sharing of functions among users, and made it difficult for users to migrate between vendors and even between machines. Here there are two main options - 1. Use the Workspace Interchange Standard (WSIS), documented in the ISO standard. This has been partially implemented by various vendors. For example Manugistics (STSC) uses an SLT workspace to do the reading/writing. 2. Use the IBM )in and )out .atf files (documentation?) Here are some concrete instructions, courtesy of Eke van Batenburg, : You only port , no GUI, no file I/O, no graphics, no locked objects. The following recipees use (arbitrary choosen) filename TRANSW.ATF on floppy as intermediate. "<>" means "next line". 1 Macintosh APL68000 export to floppy: []MOUNT'Untitled' <> )OUT 0 TRANSWS In finder, change file name to "TRANSWS.ATF" 2 Macintosh APL68000 import from floppy: In finder, change file name to "TRANSWS" (without ".ATF" extension!!!) []MOUNT'Untitled' <> )IN 0 TRANSWS Problems: "INVALID FILE" can mean "SYMBOL TABLE FULL" (check ")SYMBOLS" and increase them) to 1000) or comment lines in file (remove all lines beginning with "*" using any editor and try again). 3 Atari APL68000 export to floppy: []MOUNT 'A:' <> )OUT 0 TRANSWS 4 Atari APL68000 import from floppy []MOUNT 'A:' <> )IN 0 TRANSWS Problems: same as in point 2. 5 IBM APL2/PC export to floppy: )HOST A: <> )OUT TRANSWS 6 IBM APL2/PC import from floppy: )HOST A: <> )IN TRANSWS Problems: none experienced upto now 7 IBM mainframe export to floppy: start APL with "APL2 CASE(2)" (necessary for underscored conversion) )CLEAR <> )COPY workspacetobeported (NOT LOAD!!!!) )OUT TRANSWS <> )CLEAR <> )IN TRANSWS <> )OUT TRANSWS (yes, 2x seems to work, 1x sometimes gives gibberish, I don't know why) Download ....APLTF.TRANSWS to floppy, rename to TRANSWS.ATF Problems: if you download with Kermit: set TEXTMODE OFF and set file TYPE BINARY 8 IBM mainframe import from floppy I have no experience with this, but I suppose: Upload TRANSWS.ATF to file ...APLTF.TRANSWS )IN TRANSWS 9 APL2000 APL+DOS, APL+UNIX, APL+Win export to floppy: ]OUT A:TRANSWS.ATF 10 APL2000 APL+DOS, APL+UNIX, APL+Win import from floppy: ]IN A:TRANSWS.ATF Problems: Different from IBM or APL68000 or "extended standard" are: "A B C[2]" is B, partioned enclose, squeezed quad, monadic ",[1.5]", take with axis and scalar functions with axis. 11 Dyalog APL: im/export functions have since several years a bug that thinks that your recordsize is wrong. If you manage to correct only this, it seems to work find. 12 Contribution of others to TRYAPL(?), IPSharp APL, ISIAPL etc. 3. Write the functions/data out to ASCII files using some sort of transliteration scheme (see 11). This has the advantage over (1) that the files are human-readable and editable. All schemes suffer from the basic incompatibility between APL vendors. This comes from extensions to standard ISO APL in several areas: 1. Different built in functions - the quad functions. This includes file IO, graphics etc. Also the (mostly obsolete) ibeam functions. 2. Generalized arrays - boxes versus nests. A major fight in the community for at least the last 10 years. Unresolved. 3. User defined operators - not all implementations allow this. 4. Multivalent functions - not all implementations allow this. Each instance of the above requires someone who knows both implementations to rewrite the code. Hence only ISO APL is easily portable. ------------------------------------------------------------ (12) Writing APL in ASCII Almost all vendors have provided ways to enter APL from non-APL terminals. They took forms such as @BOX for example. For some reason however, they all used different symbol sets and different transliterations. Hence all are incompatible. Various users, seeing the advantage of this approach versus the WSIS have tried their hands. I there are several separate issues: writing an APL character, writing APL data, writing APL functions, and writing out a whole workspace. Approaches for character : 1. My own approach - see symbols3v1.txt on csi. Example: s .is + / .ro , a 2. William Chang (wchang@phage.cshl.org) has proposed a J-ish vertion called APL! Example: s <- +/ ? , a 3. Jim Weigang (jimw@math.umass.edu) has proposed a bit more verbose version. Example: s {<-} +/ {rho} , a Approaches for objects: 1. John Mitloehner (mitloehn@uxq.wu-wien.ac.at) has proposed a PP scheme for this that includes data and functions. See his article at APL92. Code for various APLs is available at waterloo. Example: @begin function NUB R@is NUB X R@is ((X@iota X)=@iota @rho X)/X @end function Code is also available for incorporation of APL into latex documents. 2. Jim Weigang proposes the more familiar "Del editor" output format. Sample code for this translator is available in this format. ------------------------------------------------------------ (13) Where can I find APL employment information? The APL Skills Database a joint project of: The Toronto APL Special Interest Group The ACM Special Interest Group on APL ========================================================================== January 22, 1996 re: APL companies/APL-skilled employment - Internet resources Dear APL Employer or Employee: The Toronto APL Special Interest Group, and the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on APL, are pleased to announce a free joint venture employment information project known as the APL Skills Database. Recognizing the niche-market nature of the use of APL in data processing, the APL Skills Database project was launched in 1994 to aid companies and employers looking for APL-skilled personnel, and to help APL-skilled professionals seeking employment opportunities with companies needing APL expertise. Now, with the implementation of its Internet resources, the APL Skills Database is even better. One Toronto-based software development company has already found a new full-time employee for its APL division by using this service! How does it work? The APL Skills Database consists of an Internet Website and Email facility, which allows both employers and employees to contribute and browse employment information. Employers are encouraged to submit job details to the database, which will be posted at our website, and will also be broadcast by email to participating APL-skilled potential employees and consultants. All incoming information and questions about the project should be directed to our central email address, at: apl_jobs@acm.org The APL Skills Database website can be reached via the Toronto APL SIG or the ACM SIGAPL sites at: http://www.sigapl.mtnlake.com/sigapl/welcome.html http://www.acm.org/sigapl The Skills Database project is now also offering to post resume information of APL-skilled consultants, contractors and employees who may be in the job market. Just send your details to apl_jobs@acm.org, and we'll post it on our website. Content of this information is up to you, be as brief or as detailed as you wish, or if you already have your own site on Internet, we'll point to it from our site. Please submit resume information as ascii text or html format only. How can I get involved? The APL Skills Database is a free service offered by the Toronto APL SIG and ACM SIGAPL. If you're an employer looking for APL skills, just send us the details of the position being offered and we'll post them on our website right away. APL-skilled persons who so wish will be sent these incoming job notices via email as they arrive. Candidates for employment requiring APL skills are encouraged to contact employers and apply for the job if interested. Employers are also encouraged to browse our resume database for APL-skilled personnel. Please send all questions, job notices, or your desire to participate in the project and subscribe to our email job posting service, to our address: apl_jobs@acm.org The APL Skills Database can only work with the enthusiastic participation of employers seeking APL skills, and employees seeking APL employment. Please join us in this unique service. yours sincerely, Richard J. Procter Information Coordinator - Toronto APL SIG ------------------------------------------------------------ *free usually means you can get it for free from the net, or pay small media/documentation charges to get it from the vendor. ------------------------------------------------------------ Changes/Additions: sam@kalessin.jpl.nasa.gov ------------------------------------------------------------ This list is not authorized or supported by the US government or NASA or Caltech or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 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