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Germany: Die Programmiersprache APL

Vector 11:3, page 52

conference reports user interfaces

Transcribed from the printed issue; not yet reviewed. Read it in the PDF of the issue, page 52

Die Programmiersprache APL
13th October, Frankfurt

notes by Adrian Smith

Background

This was a one-day seminar covering all aspects of GUI programming in APL. It was organised (most professionally) by Dittrich & Partner Consulting of Hanover, and was attended by over 40 delegates from all branches of German commerce and industry. The talks covered:

  • an introduction to Dyalog/W by Peter Donnelly
  • the APL2 product range for OS/2 and AIX by Nancy Wheeler
  • Causeway "Ein sicherer Weg über den Gui" by Adrian Smith
  • An APL2 data bank by Klaus-Peter Friedrich (Rheinischer Sparkassen)
  • APL*PLUS III version 1.2 by Stefan Denker (Dittrich)
  • Migration from mainframe to PLUS III by Dieter Düren (CNL)
  • Using APL*PLUS II for DOS by Christine Biewer (Cosmos Direkt)

Most of the talks were based around a live presentation, and I hope the audience survived my English better than I survived their German! Fortunately the paper by Dieter Düren was accompanied by a comprehensive handout, so we have had time to translate it for you. Thanks to Gill Smith for the translation.

Thanks to Peter Donnelly for arranging the Causeway session, and to Dittrich and Partner for their hospitality.