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Volume 13, 1996–1997

N°1, July 1996

Page Article Author
3 Editorial Duncan Pearson
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
12 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
17 The Education Vector Ian Clark
20  Functional Programming in J (Part 1) Howard Peelle
29  J-ottings 10: Interest Calculations Norman Thomson
33 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
PRODUCT REVIEWS
48 J3 - J Grows Up! John Baker, Martin Neitzel
54 Dyalog APL/W 7.2 and 8.0 Bob Byers
64 Fractals, Visualization, and J Nicholas Cox
RECENT MEETINGS
68 IBM GSE and APL Club Germany Adrian Smith
71 Eric Iverson at the BAA Adrian Smith
76 BAA Vendor Forum Jon Sandles
GENERAL ARTICLES
86 Parallel Processing with J Brisson and Reiter
96 APL and J (1) - Function Rank Chris Burke
102 Solving Nonogram Puzzles with APL Alan J Wilson
TECHNICAL SECTION
116 Hacker’s Corner: A Word6 APL Keyboard Ajay Askoolum
119 Technical Correspondence (PDF)
119  Coverage probabilities Norman Thomson
121  LaTeX and Vector Dietrich Trenkler
122 Advanced Windows Programming with APL and Delphi Eric Lescasse
143 APL Operators and J Norman Thomson
149 The J DLL and Extended Integers Chris Burke
154 At Play with J: Riding a Unicycle Gene McDonnell
159 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°2, October 1996

Page Article Author
3 Editorial Duncan Pearson
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary and Call for Nominations
7 Correspondence (PDF)
7  The APL Skills Database Richard Procter
8  Why Isn’t APL Used More Widely R.G. Brown
9  re Vector Vol.12 No.3, January 1996, pp 133 - 142 Eddie Clough
10  While in J... Nick Cox
12  Sylvester’s Algorithm Howard Peelle
14  Arrays, Arrays, wherefor art thou Arrays? Richard J. Procter
16 Vector on the Web Ray Cannon
20 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
25 The Education Vector Ian Clark
27  The Hidden Variable Approach? Walter Spunde
29  Functional Programming in J (Part 2) Howard Peelle
37  J-ottings 11 Norman Thomson
41 APL Product Guide - Updates Gill Smith
47 RECENT MEETINGS
48 The First International J User Conference (Toronto, June 24th — 25th 1996) Duncan Pearson
51 APL96 at Lancaster (July 28th - August 1st 1996) (PDF)
51  A Conference Diary Ray Cannon
60  TCP/IP with Timo Laurmaa Jon Sandles
65  ODBC Client-Server with Morten Kromberg Bronwen Tuffen
68  Nested Arrays with Phil Benkard Jon Sandles
70  Gui Programming and Multi-dimensional DBs Marc Griffiths
77  A Consultant’s View Richard Procter
83  Conference Roundup Adrian Smith
87 GENERAL ARTICLES
88 Dynamic Functions in Dyalog APL John Scholes
99 OLE Automation with Dyalog APL Peter Donnelly
108 Perfect Shuffles in J Howard Peelle
117 Calendar Calculations in J Keith Smillie
128 Swinging with APL: the Simple Pendulum Joseph De Kerf
TECHNICAL SECTION
134 Hacker’s Corner: APLPLUS/PC & Windows 95 Adam Weber
135 A Word (or Two) from our Spenser Norman Thomson
137 APL2 and J (2) - Indexing Chris Burke
144 At Play with J: Volutes Gene McDonnell
154 Extended Integers in J Roger Hui
158 The Last Great Empty-Array Joke Adrian Smith
159 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°3, January 1997

Page Article Author
3 Editorial Duncan Pearson
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 Correspondence (PDF)
7  «écœuré» Gérard Langlet
8  Antecedent Precipitation Index Roger Stokes
12  While still in J ... Norman Thomson
12  British J Association? Don Mattern
13  Leaving the Nest Robert G. Brown
15 Vector on the Internet Ray Cannon
18 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
21 The Education Vector Ian Clark
22  Functional Programming in J (Part 3) Howard Peelle
29  J-ottings 12 Norman Thomson
37 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
PRODUCT REVIEWS
52 New Trace Facilities in J 3.03 Roger Hui
RECENT MEETINGS
62 APL2000 at Orlando Adrian Smith
74 Danish APL Group at Copenhagen Gitte & Stefano
GENERAL ARTICLES
77 Import/Export and the Wealth of Namespaces Douglas Bohrer
85 How to Ride a “BiCypher” Ray Cannon
TECHNICAL SECTION
90 Hacker’s Corner: Clipboarding APL Arrays Adrian Smith
92 APL+Win and VBXs Eric Lescasse
112 J and APL Operators Norman Thomson
118 APL and J (3): Operators Reduce, Scan, Outer Product Chris Burke
127 At Play with J: Extended Integers Gene McDonnell
136 Using a Defined Adverb to Trace Execution in Tacit Programs in J David Alis
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°4, April 1997

Page Article Author
3 Editorial Duncan Pearson
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
Correspondence
7  Bob Bernecky *et al*
13 A BAA Meeting at Network City Duncan Pearson
14 APL Characters on the World Wide Web Ray Cannon
17 News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
21 The Education Vector Ian Clark
23  Functional Programming in J (Part 4) Howard Peelle
37 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
PRODUCT REVIEWS
51 APL Web Sites Reviewed Jon Sandles
63 Advanced Windows Programming (Lescasse) Jonathan Barman
73 *NewLeaf* Page Layout Tools Bob Byers
GENERAL ARTICLES
78 Controlling APL Software Releases Marc Griffiths et al
89 C Source Code Modification using APL Adam Weber
94 HTML Basics in APL+Win Adrian Smith
104 Turtlegraphics with APL2 Rama and Barghoorn
110 Errata Norman Thomson
110 Errata: Cyphers and At Play with J
TECHNICAL SECTION
111 Hacker’s Corner: Dynamic ⎕PW in Dyalog APL Ray Cannon
113 APL and J (4): Function Application and Axis Chris Burke
123 At Play with J: Stumping the Rocket Scientist Gene McDonnell
130 Bookbinders’ Fun Jan Karman
133 On First Encountering OLE Adrian Smith
138 Memories of Gérard Langlet (PDF)
138  Obituary: Memories of Gérard Langlet (compiled Camacho) (PDF only) Gérard Langlet
138  Obituary: Memories of Gérard Langlet Anthony Camacho
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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