From: Sam Sirlin <sam@kalessin.jpl.nasa.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl,comp.answers,news.answers
Subject: APL language FAQ
Supersedes: <apl-faq_863171511@rtfm.mit.edu>
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Date: 2 Jun 1997 09:21:56 GMT
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Expires: 9 Jul 1997 09:20:26 GMT
Message-ID: <apl-faq_865243226@rtfm.mit.edu>
Reply-To: sam@kalessin.jpl.nasa.gov
Summary: Answers to common questions regarding the computer language APL.
X-Last-Updated: 1997/05/29
Archive-name: apl-faq
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-modified: May 29, 1997
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APL Frequently Asked Questions (well some, anyway)
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Maintained by S.W. Sirlin
Thanks to the many people who have contributed to this list.
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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?
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New in this version:
minor updates
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(1) APL sources
APL\11 Freely available interpreter for UNIX (C), thanks to Michael
Cain. Currently has some bugs.
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/apl-11
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.
6610 Rockledge Drive, Suite 502,
Bethesda Maryland USA 20817
Main Phone: (301) 564-5020
Sales Phone: 609-734-9692 Sales Fax: 609-734-9644
Support Phone: 301-564-5027 Support Fax: 301-564-5021
Consulting Services Phone: 609-734-9621
e-mail: sales@apl2000.com
support@apl2000.com
consult@apl2000.com
http://www.APL2000.com
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://ftp.emse.fr/pub/lang/apl/
Jean-Jacques Girardot
School Mines
St-Etienne, France
girardot@cambur.emse.fr
APROL (Scheme/J mix):
ftp://ariel.cs.trinity.edu/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://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/CAP/
D4 (IBM PC, Windows) Unix like shell for windows
The shell is writen in D4, a dialect of APL
Anonymous ftp ftp://ftp.webstrand.org/d4/
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
German Distributor
APL Software Team GmbH
P.O.Box 1307
61243 Usingen
Phone 49 6081 68380 Fax 49 6081 68580
http://www.aplteam.de
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
http://www.soliton.com
Q'Nial:
NIAL Systems Limited
366 King Street East
Suite 540
Kingston, Ontario
K7K 6Y3
http://www.nial.com/
e-mail: info@nial.com
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(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
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(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)
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(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
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 (3.13) 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
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(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
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(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. See
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/fonts/
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).
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(6) Online information, free* APLs & WS
1. APL\BBS
Sysop Dick Holt
HRH Systems
3802 N. Richmond St.
Arlington VA 22207
E-mail: dholt@CapAccess.org
(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:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu The official archive site for this faq and
many others.
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
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/Welcome.html
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/j/Welcome.html
ftp://atmos.dar.csiro.au, in netcdf/hld
Harvey Davies' stat.js for J7.
ftp://cshl.org, in pub/bill/apl (?)
APL\11 modified for W. Chang's APL! keywords, fep, some
comp.lang.apl discussions.
ftp://csi.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/apl (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
ftp://exaia.wu-wien.ac.at (137.208.15.202)
some J sources, particularly for HP
ftp://ftp.cs.ualberta.ca, pub/smillie/
some reports by K. Smillie,
"Some notes on introducing J with statistical examples"
"What is J?"
ftp://ftp.debian.org Jv7 for Linux in
debian/debian-current/binary/devel/j1-7-2.deb
ftp://ftp.ips.cs.tu-bs.de
Some apl/J stuff, copy of the draft standard. In
/ftp/ips/pub/...
ftp://service.software.ibm/ps/products/apl2/demos contains a free
(time limited) demo of APL2 for OS2
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com, IBM APL2 site. Look in
/ps/products/apl2
ftp://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)
ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu, cs.orst.edu
some NEXT/J material: j.pkg.tar, Visage.pkg.tar
ftp://ps.boulder.ibm.com, IBM APL2 site. Look in /ps/products/apl2
ftp://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. Web (WWW) html 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]
APL96 photos by Bob Armstrong
http://cosy.com/cosy/language/apl96.htm
APL2000 Inc. Home Page
http://www.APL2000.com
APL Methods Home Page (under construction 3/9/95):
http://www.secapl.com/aplmeth/top.html
APL Software Team GmbH - German distributor of Dyadic APL
http://www.aplteam.de
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
web site for J FAQ
http://www.jsoftware.com/download/jfaq.txt
J Home Page
http://www.jsoftware.com
Mike Kent' home page (lots of good APL/J links)
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mike_kent
Web site for Les Nouvelles d'APL
http://www.ensmp.fr/~scherer/langlet
Oxford University version of this FAQ
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/apl-faq.html
Q'Nial
http://www.nial.com/
Soliton's web page
http://www.soliton.com
Toronto SIG - various information, back issues of the
newsletter Gimme Arrays!
http://www.torontoapl.org
Uniware (APL+Win and Dyalog APL/W, for now)
http://www.uniware.fr/uk (english)
http://www.uniware.fr (french)
Web site for Vector (maintained by Ray Cannon)
http://vector.org.uk
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@unb.ca
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@UNB.CA,
APL-L@UNBVM1.BITNET (broken?)
APL Language Discussion (mirror of comp.lang.apl)
APLEDU-L APLEDU-L@UNBVM1.BITNET
APL in Education
6. Inquiries about the proposed ISO standard should be addressed to
the mailing-list at
apl-stds@math.uwaterloo.ca (SC22 WG3 attendees)
7. SIGAPL Software Library
New Name, New Addresses:
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SIGAPL has made major changes in its software distribution system.
The SIGAPL Software Library replaces what was formerly known as
the "Software Exchange." SIGAPL wants to make array processing
software much more widely available and easy to get. We want it
to be decoupled from annual APL conferences, available year-round,
unbundled by interpreter, and electronically free. Thanks to Lee
Dickey at the University of Waterloo, this software is now
available at:
- ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/software-library
- ftp://wuvieai.wu-wei.ac/pub/lang/apl (Vienna mirror of Waterloo)
It's also available at:
- BBS\APL: (see above, FileArea APL96)
APL96 Conference Software Highlights:
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- MERLIN : Two new AWS mind bogglers (Langlet, FR)
- GRAN : AWS []G Graphics (Buzin, RU)
- NFILES : W3 Long file names, National Characters (Glantz, SE)
- APL2OS2T : APL2/2 Tutorial for OS/2 (Jizba, US)
- APLSE : Free APL*PLUS v10 Interpreter (Manugistics/APL2000)
- LRNAPLSE : APLSE Tutorial & Documentation (Holt, US)
- UNLOCK-D : Unlock locked fns in any small AWS (Holt, US)
- SL-Guide : How to add to the SIGAPL Software Library
SIGAPL Software Guidelines:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The SIGAPL Software Library (SL) is the premier venue for APL,
J, and other array-oriented authors to display their programming
ideas and skills, and for vendors to showcase their demos and
products. APL and J software authors and vendors are invited
to send their material on a 3.5" DOS disk to:
Lee Dickey, Mathematics Department
University of Waterloo
Waterloo Ontario
Canada 2NL 3G1
Tell him that it's for the Software Library. You may send your
software at *any* time of the year. FTP upload is not currently
available, but is expected to be operational by 1997.
SIGAPL's updated Software Library guidelines are:
- Include an ASCII file (call it WSNAME.TXT) to describe what
the software does, and what hardware and software is needed to
use it. English is preferred, and other languages are welcome.
- Think electronically. Your software needs to be packaged as a
stand-alone product for electronic distribution. Good documen-
tation adds real value to your software.
- Put all of your material in one single .ZIP file for easy FTPing.
- Include any needed copyright permissions. Copyrighted software
can't be distributed without permission.
- If possible, provide APL software in both its original form and
as an APLACSCII file. APLASCII software (v1.4) is available for
all major APLs at the electronic sources listed above.
- Check your software for viruses. Archive.waterloo.ca will also
check your software for viruses.
- Authors should pay special attention to the quality, usefulness,
and documentation of their work, and should include their name
and address (including email).
- Significant improvements and major updates of prior SL software
are welcome.
Things Take Time
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The transition to an all-electronic system will not happen instan-
taneously. For the next year or so:
- Mail-order service is available for those without good telecommun-
ications. For a post-paid disk copy of the APL96 edition of the
Software Library, send $US6 (or $US6 equivalent in a bank check in
any hard currency) to Dick Holt, 3802 N. Richmond St. Arlington
VA 22207 USA.
- The SIGAPL Software Library will continue to be available on-disk,
on a limited basis, at future APL annual conferences.
- Logistic problems will surely occur.
Send comments, feedback, and suggestions about these changes to Dick
Holt (dholt@CapAccess.Org) or Lee Dickey (ljdickey@math.uwaterloo.ca).
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(7) Sources of Publications/Books
APL Quote Quad
Association for Computing Machinery
(address below)
EducAPL
1120 Ave du Parc
Quebec PQ
CANADA G1S2W7
Renaissance Data Systems
current catalog available for SASE ($.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
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(8) References - books mentioned on the net or that someone has
recomended, not all of which are available
see also:
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/bibliography/index.html
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
27. "Exploring Math", Iverson Software, 1996, ISBN 1-895721-13-X
28. "J Primer," Iverson Software, 1996, ISBN 1-895721-14-8
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(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: Chuck Kennedy
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):
Duncan Pearson
Keeper's Cottage
Firby, York YO6 7LH, UK
E-mail: 100265.1564@Compuserve.com
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
Tel. & 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
E-mail: 100332.1461@Compuserve.com
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 5/15/97]
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: jpb@acm.org
Newsletter editor: Jim Boyd
Tel: +1 914-941-9239
E-mail: jhb@acm.org
Membership chairman: Lynne C. Shaw
Tel: +1 212-662-2406
E-mail: shaw@acm.org
16. The Potomac ACM SIGAPL Chapter has been inactive since August 1996.
For information about Potomac SIGAPL, send email to Dick Holt
(dholt@CapAccess.org).
17. South East APL Users' Group (SEAPL)
Doc Manges
SEAPL Newsletter Editor
Email: SEAPLDOC@aol.com
Tel: 770-972-3755
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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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)
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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: Richard Procter <rjp@interlog.com> 416-651-4037
Newsletter: Gaetan Godin/Randy MacDonald <gaetgodi@godin.on.ca>
<randy@godin.on.ca> 519-679-8290
Treasurer: Eric Granz 416-784-8703
P.O. Box 55
Adelaide Street Post Office
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 2H8
Email: info@torontoapl.org
http://www.torontoapl.org
26. 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"
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(10) Conferences
APL97 - Share Knowledge/Share Success - August 17-20 - Toronto
Fellow APL and J Enthusiasts - Welcome Back to Toronto!
The Toronto APL Special Interest Group, local host of the highly
successful APL93, is pleased to again take up the challenge of hosting
this annual event for 1997. Please mark your calendar now for this
comprehensive three day forum in downtown Toronto.
Continuing the standard of excellence set by the 1996 J User
Conference and the APL96 conference, APL97 will consist of
presentations by invited industry-leading speakers, APL and J product
vendor forums, interactive tutorials, and hands-on workshops in
PC-equipped teaching labs.
The Toronto APL SIG looks forward to your support in helping us to
provide the usual high standard of APL conference that we have all
come to expect. Please join us in the spirit of community and
cooperation that has been the hallmark of this dynamic and highly
focused global family.
The Share Knowledge Share Success theme has been chosen to celebrate
APL and J. This year's conference will focus on providing tutorials
and "hands-on" sessions in computer laboratory facilities. Experts and
fellow-users will share their knowledge to help assure your success!
Please refer to the APL97 Website:
http://www.torontoapl.org
for complete and up-to-date conference information, including
conference schedule and program, registration details, and
accomodation info.
Cost and Location
The conference will be held in downtown Toronto, at Ryerson
Polytechnic University, which features modern, well-equipped computer
lab and lecture room facilities, an adjacent student-operated hotel,
and dining facilities.
Registration price for the conference has been set at a very
reasonable $160 CDN ($115 US), with an optional evening dinner event,
a dinner cruise on Lake Ontario, for an additional $40 per
person. Registration can be by mail, fax, or through the website.
Any further questions about APL97 publicity or conference organization
may be directed to:
Richard Procter
Chair, APL97
Tel: +1 416 651 4037
Fax: +1 416 781 5732
SIGAPL Software Library
- All Conference Packages, for all years, will be available
from SIGAPL, the BBS\APL, and the Waterloo Archives at
ftp://archive.uwaterloo.ca/languages/apl/software-library/index.html
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(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,
<SBQBEB@rulsfb.LeidenUniv.nl>:
You only port <APL>, 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.
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(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.
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(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
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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.torontoapl.org
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
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media/documentation charges to get it from the vendor.
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