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Volume 10, 1993–1994

N°1, July 1993

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: APL in Business Anthony Camacho
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
9 General Correspondence (PDF)
9  Review of APL*PLUS II v4.0 James G Wheeler
10  A Comment on “Announcing The APL Review” Martin Gfeller
British APL Association News:
11  BAA-GUI Workshop Duncan Pearson
12  “APL in Business” Conference Prospectus
14  Annual Accounts Nicholas Small
15  AGM Report David Eastwood
19  News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
25 The Education Vector Alan Mayer
27  Step by Step Analysis of Variance Alan Mayer
34  Backtracking, Queens and Permutations Ted Emms
39  Cows and Bulls Alan Mayer
REVIEWS SECTION
41 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
53 The Sharp APL Reference Manual Jonathan Barman
55 Update on ISI APLIWIN Jonathan Barman
59 Dyalog APL: Programming for Windows Jonathan Barman
RECENT MEETINGS:
70 Business Graphics — A Second Look (PDF) George MacLeod
70  Meeting: Business Graphics (PDF only) George MacLeod
70  Meeting: Business Graphics– A Second Look George MacLeod
GENERAL ARTICLES
74 K Arthur Whitney
80 Windows BMP Bitmap Files and APL Ray Cannon
97 Coast-to-Coast: Managing with Objects Adrian Smith
TECHNICAL SECTION
114 Technical Correspondence (PDF)
114  A Windows GOTCHER for APLIWIN Anthony Camacho
116  Errors in “Integrating with Insight” John R. Clark
117 A Standard Font Dialogue Box from Dyalog APL/W using ⎕NA (PDF) Duncan Pearson
117  A Standard Font Dialogue Box using •NA (PDF only) Duncan Pearson
117  A standard font dialogue box using ⎕NA Duncan Pearson
125 The MAGIC goes away — Opening the Boxes Mike Day
137 The Fractal MAGIC Universe Gérard Langlet
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°2, October 1993

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: APL 93 at Toronto Anthony Camacho
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
General Correspondence
7  The APL 93 Russian Fund Ben Best
13 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
17 The Education Vector Alan Mayer
19  Review: “Introduction to APL*PLUS/PC” by Maurice Dalois (PDF) Alan Mayer
19   Review: “Introduction to APL*PLUS/PC” by Maurice Dalois (PDF only) Alan Mayer
999   Review: "Introduction to APL*PLUS/PC" by Maurice Dalois Alan Mayer
21  J-ottings Norman Thomson
24  An Improvement to LOGGAMMA Norman Thomson
25  Cows and Bulls: A Solution Ted Emms
REVIEWS SECTION
33 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
45 GDDME - a First Look Adrian Smith
49 Helm — A Company-oriented Decision Support System (DSS) Jon Sandles
RECENT MEETINGS: APL93 at Toronto
56 Conference Roundup Sylvia Camacho
APL93 Tutorial:
63  Solving Wicked Problems with APL Chris Lee
67 Programming the ISI Window Driver Eric Iverson
87 Workshop: a GUI Standard for APL
91 David Steinbrook and Eugene McDonnell ‘From Trees into Boxes’ Anthony Camacho
92 Robert Bernecky ‘Array Morphology’ Anthony Camacho
93 Norman Thomson ‘Understanding ANOVA the APL Way’ Sylvia Camacho
95 APL in Satellite Surveillance Jack Rudd
110 Postscript: “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” Adrian Smith
GENERAL ARTICLES
114 Mineswooper: GOTO Considered Futile Adrian Smith
119 J Solution to New Scientist Enigma 685 David Ziemann
TECHNICAL SECTION
126 Hackers’ Corner: A Windows Task-Killer for APL (PDF) Duncan Pearson
126  Hacker’s Corner: A Windows Task Killer (PDF only) Duncan Pearson
126  Hacker's Corner: A Windows Task Killer Duncan Pearson
128 At Play with J Eugene E McDonnell
130 Migrating Mainframe APL2/TSO Applications to APL*PlusII/386 Allan Gay
133 A GDDM Simulation for APL*PlusII/386 Allan Gay
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°3, January 1994

Page Article Author
3 Editorial Anthony Camacho
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
APL94: The Language and its Application
6  Conference Prospectus
9 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
17 The Education Vector Alan Mayer
19  Letter Kenneth E. Iverson
19  Editorial Comment Alan Mayer
21  APL-Defined Functions for the Calculation of Determinants Joseph De Kerf
23  Taylor Arithmetic Walter Spunde
29  J-ottings 2 Norman Thomson
REVIEWS SECTION
33 APL Product Guide — Updates Gill Smith
35 GDDME by Lingo Allegro — Update Adrian Smith
RECENT MEETINGS
37 APL93 Conference Evaluation Survey Marc Griffiths
41 APLomb: the view through Quad-shaped spectacles Ian A. Clark
BAA-GUI
51  Dyalog APL Session (PDF) Jonathan Barman
51   BAA-GUI Workshop Dyalog APL Sessions (PDF only)
51   Workshop: Dyalog APL Sessions
57  APL*PLUS II Session (PDF) Anthony Camacho
57   BAA-GUI Workshop APL*PLUS II Sessions (PDF only)
57   Workshop: APL*PLUS II Sessions
60 APL*PLUS III — a First Look Adrian Smith
GENERAL ARTICLES
67 When is Easter? Ray Cannon
76  Date of Easter in J Eugene McDonnell
78 A Note on the Easter Algorithm in J Keith Smillie
81 ASLGREG: Proposed Additional Features Predictions with Confidence Limits Ellis Morgan
94 The N-Queens Problem in 1 line R.G. Selfridge
TECHNICAL SECTION
96 Hackers’ Corner: Minding your .INIs (PDF) Adrian Smith
96  Hacker’s Corner: Minding Your .INIs (PDF only) Adrian Smith
96  Hacker's Corner: Minding Your .INIs Adrian Smith
100 At Play with J Eugene McDonnell
106 Loops in APL2 H Haussmann
113 A Control Operator Denis Samson
124 The Ultimate TURING Proof G.A. Langlet
133 A VSAM Simulation for APL*PlusII/386 Allan Gay
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°4, April 1994

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: The First Ten Years Anthony Camacho
4  Preparing for Swansea Adrian Smith (Workshop Co-ordinator)
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 Update on APL94 Alain Delmotte
British APL Association News:
10 Obituary: Mike Gregory John Searle
11 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
17 The Education Vector Alan Mayer
18  J: A First Lesson Donald McIntyre
30  A Note on Primes Ted Emms
REVIEWS SECTION
33 APL Product Guide: Updates Gill Smith
39 Calculus by K.E. Iverson (PDF) Keith Smillie
39  Review: “Calculus” by Ken Iverson (PDF only) Keith Smillie
39  Review: "Calculus" by Ken Iverson Keith Smillie
RECENT MEETINGS
44 McIntyre’s J Workshop at Greenock Norman Thomson
44 Visit To APL Centres in Russia November 1993 Gary Littlejohn
48 February Meeting: Eastwood and Cyriax (PDF) Adrian Smith
48  Meeting: The Toronto Toolkit David Eastwood
50  Performance of Large APL Systems (PDF only) Peter Cyriax
GENERAL ARTICLES
58 Standardization Beyond the Language Gfeller and Kromberg
64 A Common Approach to the Windows GUI (Dyalog APL/W and APL*PLUS III) Adrian Smith and Duncan Pearson
78 What’s in a Name? Sylvia Camacho
83 Drawing the Line George MacLeod
92 AMORTIZE: a Windows Application in J Thomas M. Olsen
TECHNICAL SECTION
106 Technical Editorial: in Search of Contexts Adrian Smith
108 Hackers’ Corner: Flying Windows (PDF) Jonathan Barman
108  Hacker’s Corner: Flying Windows (PDF only) Jonathan Barman
108  Hacker's Corner: Flying Windows Jonathan Barman
110 Finding the 10 to the 10th Prime Gene McDonnell
114 APL - a Client-Server Language? Morten Kromberg
124 A Note on Probabilities in the F-Distribution Keith Smillie
126 Defined Operator Simulation for APL*PLUS II Allan Gay
133 Inner Products for Range Tests Jonathan Barman
136 Another Use of Not-Equals-Scan Anthony Camacho
141 Vectype: Preparing APL Code for Publication Adrian Smith
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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