Activities Programme 1985

Transcribed from the printed issue; not yet reviewed. Read it in the PDF of the issue, page 8

The following technical meetings are planned during 1985:


March 15	Graphics; IBM graphics and the GKS graphics standard Again expanding on the theme of a previous meeting, this time we look at APL graphics from an IBM viewpoint and at the increasingly-popular GKS graphics standard (a chance for APL to align itself with the rest of the computing world?)
April 26	Nested Arrays Workshop APL2 is well on the way; some other implementations have had some of its features for several years. We explore the impact which generalised arrays have on the application developer, including case studies.
May 28	AGM plus Mainframes, Micros and Co-existence The ever-popular opportunity to show your appreciation of your Committee; followed by the relatively soothing topic of how to have APL working cooperatively on both mainframes and micros.
September 13	Consultants Question-time Are they really worth those fees? Come along and find out.
October 18	Large APL Applications and Systems APL applications are broadening from the one-man show, what are the implications? Does it mean that APL has to adopt the working disciplines of the data processing department? And what are these disciplines?
November 15	Compilers and Interpreters Since its inception APL has been interpreted; many have yearned for compiled APL. Now that the option is available, what impact does it have? Plus a look under the interpreter bonnet and a study of how compiler and interpreter internals differ.

The programme is subject to revision; further details of each meeting will be sent to BAA members nearer to the date of the meeting. Unless otherwise stated all meetings take place in London during the afternoon.

We would hope that there will be at least one BAA Special Event during the year; an announcement will be made in due course.


1986	APL86 of course, our regular technical meetings will continue, among the prospective topics are APL Design, Teaching APL, APL and Relational Databases and Demystifying APL.

Those wishing to offer either possible subjects or themselves as potential speakers are urged to contact the Activities Officer.