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Volume 9, 1992–1993

N°1, July 1992

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: Maximising the Reuse of Code and OOA Jonathan Barman
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 APL Course Diary
9 General Correspondence (PDF)
9  The Hungarian Naming Convention Ray Cannon
9  STSC’s Double Whammy David Piper
British APL Association News:
13  Committee News & Annual Accounts
17  BAA Publicity Ideas Misha Jovanovic
19  News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
23 The Education Vector Alan Mayer
25  The MAGIC Puzzle Bill McLean
30  Two Mathematical Functions C.E. Williams
32  Workspace Listing in I-APL Alain Delmotte
REVIEWS SECTION
39 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
50 Six Months in the Life of VECTOR John Searle
53 APL*PLUS II/386 Version 4 David Crossley
RECENT MEETINGS
62 French Visitors in Napoleon’s Footsteps from the Obninsky News
64 Stone-walling in APL Adrian Smith
GENERAL ARTICLES
80 The ]HELP Command Ray Cannon
85 Making a Calendar in J Keith Smillie
92 Using J’s Boxed Arrays Donald B. McIntyre
107 The Random Vector David Eastwood
109  Non-linear Regression Modelling in APL Peter Hingley
TECHNICAL SECTION
124 Hackers Corner: Using DOS File Functions Duncan Pearson
126 Technical Correspondence (PDF) Appleton & Thomson
126  Letter: Non-linear Curve Fitting Norman Thomson
130  Letter: Strands in PLUS II David Piper
131  Letter: Cloning “After Dark” Duncan Pearson
129  Stirling Numbers David Appleton
∘.? (Random Jottings)
133  DOIF Considered Harmful Dave Piper
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°2, October 1992

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: APL, Windows and GUIs Jonathan Barman
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 General Correspondence (PDF)
7  Six Months in the Life of Vector (letter) John Searle
7  BAA overseas subscription (letter) David Crossley
British APL Association News:
8  News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
13 The Education Vector Alan Mayer
15  New Email Discussion List
16  Exploring MAGIC Dave Ziemann
27  Some Notes on Direct Definition Alan Mayer
29 The Random Vector David Eastwood
31  ASL - The Future Jake Ansell
32  ASLGREG reviewed Jon Sandles
34  Comments on the ASLGREG Review Alan Sykes
35  Corrections to Known Bugs in ASLGREG (September 1992) Alan Sykes
37  Reliability Data Analysis Jake Ansell
REVIEWS SECTION
41 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
53 Iverson’s Introduction to J Keith Smillie
55 Dyalog APL/W Duncan Pearson
RECENT MEETINGS: APL92 Conference Reports
66 APL 92 Reports Anthony Camacho
88 BEKTOP at St Petersburg Ray Cannon
93 Pictures at an Exhibition
94 Quotable Quotes from APL 92 John Searle
95 GENERAL ARTICLES
96 Smalltalk, APL and J: an Exercise in Comparative Programming Dave Ziemann
116 Object Oriented Extensions to APL and J Robert J. Frey
126 APL92 Caption Contest
127 TECHNICAL SECTION
128 Shared Variables and Windows DDE Adrian Smith
139 Three Combinatoric Puzzles Roger K.W. Hui
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°3, January 1993

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: Commercial APL Jonathan Barman
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 APL Training Courses for 1993 Gill Smith
British APL Association News:
9  Note to Members on the Data Protection Act Nicholas Small
10  Projects Officer’s Report George Macleod
12  News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
17 The Education Vector Alan Mayer
19  Hero vs Orc – A Battle Sequence in APL Walter Spunde
29  Teaching Mathematics with APL: Workshop Design Howard Peelle
REVIEWS SECTION
33 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
44 Windows Programming with APL*PLUS II Ray Cannon
RECENT MEETINGS:
56 Meeting at Morgan Stanley, 23 October Jonathan Barman
60 Speeding Up Your APL David Eastwood
71 Genetic Algorithms: their APLication Jon Sandles
79 APL-Club Germany, Schwetzingen, November 6 1992 David Eastwood
79  An Application of APL in The Roofing Trade Michael Zippel
81  Compiled APL for Supercomputers Walter Schwarz
GENERAL ARTICLES
86 Seize the Time Dick Bowman
89 A Little J Horner Howard A. Peelle
91 From the Vital Execute to Fractals and 5-Fold Symmetry Gérard A. Langlet
TECHNICAL SECTION
98 Hackers Corner: Talking to PROGMAN Adrian Smith
100 Technical Correspondence (PDF)
100  APL2 Packages: a Cautionary Tale Nicholas Small
101  ASWI Programming Standards; some Whys. F.H.D. van Batenburg
107 APL*PLUS II Keyboard Configuration Ajay Askoolum
113 Integrating with Insight Norman Thomson
117 Some J Verbs for Orthogonal Factorial Experiments Keith Smillie
125 Jacobi’s Method for Eigenvalues an Illustration of J Donald McIntyre
134 AMENDMENT: “A Change for the Better” Donald McIntyre
141 An Example of Intransitivity in Probability Graham Parkhouse
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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N°4, April 1993

Page Article Author
3 Editorial: What you know is what you love Jonathan Barman
APL NEWS
5 Quick Reference Diary
7 APL Training Courses for 1993 Gill Smith
8 APL93 in Toronto (PDF)
8  Conference Invitation
13  Abstracts of Accepted Papers
British APL Association News:
18  Chairman’s Report David Eastwood
20  “The APL Review” Alan Mayer
22  News from Sustaining Members Gill Smith
27 The Education Vector Alan Mayer
29  A Beginner’s Guide to Low Cost APLs Dick Holt
36  Workshop: Learning Maths with APL Howard Peelle
41  AN APL Scrabble Bag Bill McLean, Ted Emms
REVIEWS SECTION
43 APL Product Guide Gill Smith
55 APL*Plus II/386 Version 5.0 Dave Piper
64 A First Look at the ISI APL/Windows (APLIWIN) Beta Release Martin Gfeller
68 ISI APL: Programming for Windows Jonathan Barman
80 APL — New Release Jon Sandles
RECENT MEETINGS:
82 APL-landing to Kronstadt island (an experience of APL operation) from Pavel & Oleg Luksha
85 Roger Hui on “An Implementation of J” notes by Anthony Camacho
GENERAL ARTICLES
100 APL Experiences and MicroSoft’s Visual Basic for Windows Martyn Adams
113 Hooking up to the Internet Dick Bowman
TECHNICAL SECTION
120 The Challenge of the New Duncan Pearson
122 Technical Correspondence (PDF)
122  More on APL Packages A.J. Brown
123 Sharing the Spoils or Circling the Square Mike Day
130 An Exchange on Primes Roger K.W. Hui
135 Span Representation: Improving the Display of J Verbs Richard Oates
138 An APL Truetype Font Adrian Smith
143 Index to Advertisers (PDF)

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