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Volume 11, 1994–1995

N°1, July 1994

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: a Language for the Elite! Anthony Camacho
4  10 Years Ago: Editorial from Vector 1.1 Robert Bittlestone
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 APL94 Abstracts
British APL Association News:
13  EGM Report, AGM Report, Annual Accounts, Regulations
21 News from Sustaining Members
29 The Education Vector Ian Clark
31  Jot-Dot-Floor: Working with Large Integers Ian Clark
36  J: A Second Lesson Donald McIntyre
REVIEWS SECTION
45 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
57 Jim Weigang’s *APL Notes* (PDF) Walter Spunde
57  Review: “APL Notes” by Jim Weigang (PDF only) Walter Spunde
57  Review: "APL Notes" by Jim Weigang Walter Spunde
61 APL*PLUS/PC Version 11 Adam Weber
65 J Release 2 (Iverson Software Inc.) Dave Ziemann
75 APL*PLUS III Gui Implementation Duncan Pearson
84 ... and Control Structures Adrian Smith
RECENT MEETINGS
92 James Wheeler demonstrates PLUS III notes by Anthony Camacho
96 David Piper on Objects and APL (PDF)
96  Meeting: AnOOPL – An Object-Oriented Programming Language (PDF only) David Piper
96  Meeting: AnOOPL– An Object-Oriented Programming Language David Piper
101 Namespaces and Dyalog APL Version 7 notes by Adrian Smith
GENERAL ARTICLES
108 To Be, Or Not To Be — That is the Gazodenplatz Peter Merritt
109 Windows Development with APL*PLUS III Eric Lescasse
119 The BAA Membership Database Nicholas Small
TECHNICAL SECTION
126 Hackers’ Corner: Native Files without Tears (PDF) Adrian Smith
126  Hacker’s Corner: Native Files in Dyalog APL (Without Tears) (PDF only) Adrian Smith
126  Hacker's Corner: Native Files in Dyalog APL (Without Tears) Adrian Smith
129 Technical Correspondence (PDF)
129  ↑ It or Leave It in Dyalog APL/W Jan Karman
131  To Suffer the Slings and Vectors of the BAA Ajay Askoolum
134  Adverb/Conjunction Combinations in J Gordon Sutcliffe
136 At Play with J - Control Structures Gene McDonnell
139 A Windows-driven Menu Driver Jan Karman
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°2, October 1994

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: Monsieur Langlet’s Enterprise (PDF) Anthony Camacho
3  Editorial: Monsieur Langlet’s Enterprise (PDF only) Anthony Camacho
3  Editorial: Monsieur Langlet's Enterprise Anthony Camacho
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 APL95: Call for Participation
13 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
17 The Education Vector Ian Clark
20  Jot-Dot-Floor: Domino Ian Clark
24  J-ottings 3: Atop and Agenda Norman Thomson
28  J: Bibliography Donald B. McIntyre
29  Cows and Bulls – A Solution Anne Wilson
30  More about Fractional Series J.R. Sutton
REVIEWS SECTION
33 APL Product Guide — Updates Gill Smith
38 Les APL Etendus (par Bernard Legrand) (PDF) Adrian Smith
38  Review: “Les APLs Etendus” by Bernard Legrand (PDF only) Adrian Smith
38  Review: "Les APLs Etendus" by Bernard Legrand Adrian Smith
RECENT MEETINGS
42 *APL in Business* at EBMS, Swansea (PDF)
42  Chairman’s Impressions: What you Saw was (more or less) what you Got Adrian Smith
44  Opening Plenary Jon Sandles
47  Gareth Brentnall’s Logol Workshop Jon Sandles
48  Duncan Pearson’s DDE and DLL Workshop Ray Cannon
49  Correspondence Ellis Morgan
50  Croesoe a Cymru and the APL Welsh Hwyrnos Diane Whitehouse
53 *APL 94* at Antwerp: Roundup (PDF) Anthony & Sylvia Camacho
53  APL94 (Antwerp) Conference Reports (PDF only)
53  Conference Reports
59  Reflections Ray Cannon
60  Binary Algebra Workshop (Foils) Gérard Langlet
GENERAL ARTICLES
68 Windows Development with APL*PLUS III (Part II) Eric Lescasse
82 Chaotic Behaviour Revisited Gérard Langlet
86 Fractals RYIJ Clifford A. Reiter
105 One Font to Rule Them All Adrian Smith
The Random Vector
109  Understanding Statistical Theory Through Simulation David Appleton
TECHNICAL SECTION
118 Hackers’ Corner: Making Noises with APL (PDF) Adrian Smith
118  Hacker’s Corner: Making Noises in APL (PDF only) Adrian Smith
118  Hacker's Corner: Making Noises in APL Adrian Smith
123 Technical Correspondence (PDF)
123  J Compositions Norman Thomson
124  J Compositions Roger Hui
126 Causeway: a Technical Architecture Duncan Pearson
143 No SX please, we’re APLers (PDF) Ray Cannon
143  No SX please – we’re APLers (PDF only) Ray Cannon
143  No SX please – we’re APLers Ray Cannon
150 Bracket Axis Simulation for APL*PLUS II/386 Allan Gay
158 Guidelines for Vector authors Adrian Smith
159 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°3, January 1995

Page Article Author
3 Guest Editorial: Duncan Pearson
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
11 The Education Vector Ian Clark
14  Jot-Dot-Floor (PDF) Ian Clark
14   Jot-Dot-Floor (PDF only) Ian Clark
999   Jot-Dot-Floor ...or Jot-Dot-Min? Ian Clark
17  J-ottings 4 Norman Thomson
21  The Common Mean and APL Joseph De Kerf
23  Word-search Squares in I-APL Bill McLean
REVIEWS SECTION
27 APL Product Guide — Complete Gill Smith
RECENT MEETINGS
42 APL94: The APL Theory of Human Vision Gérard Langlet
52 Germany: Die Programmiersprache APL
53  APL at Corona/Nordstern Dieter Düren
60 Helsinki: Causeway Workshop Adrian Smith
SPECIAL FEATURE: Namespaces
65  Namespaces Special Feature
66 The Use of Namespaces for Encapsulation — a Practical Introduction Peter Donnelly
75 Namespaces Eric Lescasse
92 Namespaces: A Way to a Well Organized World or Just Another Means to Multiply your Chaos Kimmo Kekäläinen
96 Coast-to-Coast revisited Adrian Smith
97 TECHNICAL SECTION
99 Puzzle Corner: The Age of the Vicar Alan Sykes
101 The Axiom Waltz Gérard Langlet
111 At Work and Play with J (PDF) Eugene McDonnell
111  At Play with J: Jacobi’s Method (PDF only) Eugene McDonnell
111  At Play with J: Jacobi's Method Eugene McDonnell
119 Bodyguard of Lies Peter Merritt
122 Causeway: Making Menus Adrian Smith
130 J Inscription 0 : Richard Oates
142 Nice One, Microsoft! Gérard Langlet via Adrian Smith (Vector Production)
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°4, April 1995

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: Anthony Camacho
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 Correspondence (PDF)
7  Croeso i Gymru (letter) John Sullivan
8 APL 95 Panels and Workshops
10  Abstracts
13  The APL95 Software Exchange Dick Holt
14 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
17 The Education Vector Ian Clark
21  Jot-Dot-Min (PDF) Ian Clark
21   Jot-Dot-Min (PDF only) Ian Clark
999   Jot-Dot-Min: an outer-product of rock-bottom APL matters Ian Clark
27  J-ottings 5: Append Items Norman Thomson
30  Fractnomials? J.R. Sutton
REVIEWS SECTION
34 APL Product Guide — Complete Gill Smith
49 Locales in J Chris Burke
53 J 2.05 for Windows David Ziemann
RECENT MEETINGS
62 APL in a Client-Server Environment BAA Workshop report Jon Sandles
GENERAL ARTICLES: and J Feature
69 Here be Dragons Sylvia Camacho
76 Teaching with an Executable Notation Ken Iverson
93 The Perils of Subtraction Donald B. McIntyre
104 Primes, Spirals and Coffee Tables Keith Smillie
110 Stereograms in J E.A. Clough
TECHNICAL SECTION
118 Puzzle Corner: The Age of the Vicar (solution) Alan Sykes
119 Technical Correspondence (PDF)
119  Namespaces and ⎕SE
120  More on APL 2.5 I Phelphritt (nee Leigh)
121  Understanding your File Timestamps Ray Cannon
123  The Common Mean Roger Hui
124  IBM pre-announces the Pentium... in 1977! Bob Hoekstra
124  Cut and Paste from Winword to APL Jan Karman (phone call)
125  Chaos – Computer Error not to Blame Nicholas Small
127  Answers to J problems from Vector 11.3 Norman Thomson
131  ASCII Representation of APL Characters Ken Iverson
135 At Work and Play with J: Cribbage 15s Gene McDonnell
139 Functional Programming in J for Operations Research Richard Brown
155 J 2.05 for Windows (concluded) (PDF) David Ziemann
159 Index to Advertisers (PDF)
159 Submitting Material to Vector

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