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Volume 4, 1987–1988

N°1, July 1987

Page Article Author
3 EDITORIAL: Professionalism and spreading the word Anthony Camacho
APL NEWS
6 Quick reference diary David Preedy
7 APL Course Diary Cathy Dargue
9 British APL Association News (PDF)
9  Minutes of AGM 1987 Anthony Camacho
12  Call For Papers and Announcement of the Second South African APL Symposium
13  News from sustaining members Cathy Dargue
17 APL 87 Report John Sullivan
19 Dallas Picture Gallery David Ziemann
23 Photo caption competition
25 The Education Vector Norman Thomson
REVIEWS
27 APL et GDDM Adrian Smith
31 XT-286, ForteGraph, IBM Enhanced Kbd Adrian Smith
34 Hercules+ Adrian Smith
36 Prize result
37 APL Product Guide Cathy Dargue
48 APL Booklist
RECENT MEETINGS
49 Expert systems Adrian Smith
54 Quality Control Adrian Smith
59 Graphics Adrian Smith
59  CGI Graphics in Dyalog APL Peter Donnelly
59  GDDM / AP126 on APL.68000 David Eastwood
60  WIMPS and Bach on the Amiga Richard Nabavi
60  3D Facial Animation Keith Waters
63 Graphics in the Boardroom David Preedy
GENERAL ARTICLES
70 The Charlton Chase Package Paul Barnetson
73 Bell’s Inequality Sylvia Camacho
79 Membership Survey McCree
TECHNICAL ARTICLES
92 Tree processing algorithms Anne Wilson
99 Faster file input in TSO John Sullivan
103 Text inequalities Bob Pullman
104 Extending IBM’s Logic Algorithms in Dyalog Prys Williams
123 Submitting articles to Vector Johnathan Barman

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N°2, October 1987

Page Article Author
3 EDITORIAL: Adrian Smith
APL NEWS
7 Quick Reference Diary
9 General Correspondence
British APL Association News
19  APL-Ication
23  Membership Projects Scheme David Eastwood
25  News from Sustaining Members Cathy Dargue
31 The Education VECTOR Norman Thomson
32 Report on Winchester Summer Course Pauline Hawkes
REVIEWS
36 APL Booklist
37 APL Product Guide Cathy Dargue
49 Bergquist - Advanced Techniques Dick Bowman
51 The NEC-V20 processor Adrian Smith
53 Dyalog APL on the IBM 6150 Adrian Smith
RECENT MEETINGS
62 Windows and Pop-up Menus Adrian Smith
GENERAL ARTICLES
70 Finished Goods Inventory Control Barrie Webster
72 MetaAPL: an APL Preprocessor G Tickner & N Oswald
83 Expcheck: Intelligent Diagnostics Mike Williams
TECHNICAL SECTION
91 Caption Competition Result David Ziemann
92 Hacker’s Corner Adrian Smith
93 Technical Correspondence
99 Workspace Management Peter Branson
103 Go Pack your Knapsack Norman Thomson
107 Interfacing to PC Assembler (I) P Wortham
Public Domain Software Library
113 Call for Software David Ziemann
115 Full Catalogue (PDF) David Ziemann
124 Software Submission Details (PDF) David Ziemann
126 Software Order Form (PDF) David Ziemann

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N°3, January 1988

Page Article Author
3 EDITORIAL: Computers in Mathematics Norman Thomson
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary Adrian Smith
7 APL Course Diary Cathy Dargue
8 General Correspondence Camacho et al
British APL Association News
10  Details of EGM and Postal Ballot Graham Parkhouse
11  News from Sustaining Members Cathy Dargue
18 The Education VECTOR Norman Thomson
REVIEWS
20 APL Booklist
21 APL Product Guide Cathy Dargue
32 An Introduction to APL for the IBM PC & XT by Murray and Pappas Anthony Camacho
37 I-APL for the IBM PC Dave Weatherby
43 APL*PLUS Version 7.0 Adrian Smith
RECENT MEETINGS
48 Under the bonnet - Paul Chapman Report by Eileen Wilks
57 From Mainframes to Smaller Machines Paul Smith
67 Origins Graham Parkhouse
GENERAL ARTICLES
74 Teaching Statistics in University College Swansea ⚠ A. D. Mayer & A. M. Sykes
89 I-APL: History and Achievements Anthony Camacho
95 A Demonstration of Direct Definition Anthony Camacho
TECHNICAL SECTION
102 Technical Editorial Jonathan Barman
103 Hacker’s Corner (1) Adrian Smith
104 Technical Correspondence Thomson, Small
109 Prize Competition .... Result Derek Wilson
115 A Note on Weighted Least Squares Kelly and Thomson
119 Interfacing to PC Assembler (II) P Wortham (UNIWARE)
Public Domain Software Library
124 Software submission details (PDF) David Ziemann
126 Software order form (PDF) David Ziemann

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N°4, April 1988

Page Article Author
3 EDITORIAL: Keep your Eyes on the Prize Adrian Smith
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary Graham Parkhouse
7 Call for Contributions Anthony Camacho
8 APL Course Diary Cathy Dargue
9 General Correspondence
10  APL2 over JANET Paul Barnetson
British APL Association News
13  I-APL: Special BAA Meeting Graham Parkhouse
15  News from Sustaining Members Cathy Dargue
23 The Education VECTOR Norman Thomson
24  I-APL AGM report Anthony Camacho
26 APL in a Japanese High School Kikkawa
REVIEWS
35 APL Product Guide Cathy Dargue
45 APL Press Review Sylvia Camacho
50 The APL Debugger (Uniware) Alasdair Richardson
52 PL/PC “APL for All” Nick Small
RECENT MEETINGS: APL 88 at Sydney
56 Impressions of Sydney John Sullivan
57 Impressions of APL 88 Anthony Camacho
59 The Education Day Adrian Smith
64 Detailed notes on given papers Adrian Smith/Anthony Camacho
Photos by ...... David Ziemann/Anthony Camacho
TECHNICAL SECTION
90 Prize Competition Anne Wilson
92 Technical Correspondence John Sullivan et al
103 Dissembling Allan Gay
107 Using quad-NA David Piper
111 Efficiency in APL David Ziemann
British APL Association Software Library
145 Order Form (PDF) David Ziemann
146 Full Index to Issues 1.1 to 4.4 Gavin Schwarzenbach

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