International APL News – Journal Exchange
Vector 3:3, page 19
Transcribed from the printed issue; not yet reviewed. Read it in the PDF of the issue, page 19
We are now regularly exchanging journals with various overseas APL groups; as a result we are seeing several very interesting documents that haven’t come our way before. A good example are the proceedings of the annual seminars organised by the New York SIGAPL under the title “APL as a tool of thought”. These have been held each April since 1983, so we now have four hefty volumes of proceedings.
The first seminar in 1983 offered workshops discussing APL as a tool of Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Natural Language, Music and Computer Science. By 1985, the scope had expanded to include Biology, Calculus, Mathematics, Social Studies, Computer Science, Economics, Graphics, Linear Algebra, Music, Statistics, Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Finance, Gaming & Simulation, Manufacturing, Modelling, System Design and a Teacher’s Toolbox.
The full lists of contents are as follows:
APL as a tool of thought – 1983¶
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Binomial Distributions | Linda Alvord |
| Elementary Algebra | Brooke Allen |
| Computer Simulation in Science Teaching | Charles Waters |
| Analyzing Problems of Population Growth and Distribution | Tama Traberman |
| Computer-Authored Tests and Exercises in Grammar | David Michelson |
| Musical Grammar | David Steinbrook |
| APL as a Tool for Teaching Computer Theory | Philip Van Cleave |
| APL in a Liberal Arts College | Donald B McIntyre |
| Getting Started in APL | Allen J Rose |
| An Application in Remedial Math | Cecil Denney |
| Down to BASIC | Jim Lucas |
| A Personal View of APL | John McPherson |
| APL | K W Smillie |
APL as a tool of thought II – 1984¶
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Using APL to Teach Concepts in Analysis & Design | Wilbur LePage |
| Meaningful means: Analysis of Experimental Data | Charles Waters |
| APL Enhances Mathematics Education | Linda Alvord |
| Quantitative Reasoning in the Social Studies | Tama Traberman |
| Polygonal Functions and their use in Teaching Calculus | Don Orth |
| APL as a Financial Tool | Gary Podorowsky |
| APL in Linear Algebra | Murray Eisenberg |
| A Demonstration of MEDCAT | Hagamen, Gardy, Bell & Zatz |
| Implementation of a Virtual Memory APL Interpreter | Ed Cherlin |
| Bibliography of APL Publications | NY/SIGAPL |
| What is APL? | Ed Shaw |
| Domino – an APL primitive for Matrix Inversion | M A Jenkins |
| The Art of Question Begging | Lee Wilcox |
| Modularity in Thought and Systems | Lib Gibson |
| The use of Domino in Optimal Resource Allocation | Ronald Frank |
| Interactive Statistical Graphics in APL | Neil Polhemus |
| Undergraduate Data Analysis Laboratory | Robert Douglas |
APL as a tool of thought III – 1985¶
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence Development Aids | Sullivan & Fordyce |
| Matrix Algebra and the Mathematics of Vector Graphics | David M Laur |
| Relational Databases: Theory and Practice | Robert G Brown |
| Right Brain Thinking and Modelling Business Problems | Ron Frank |
| A Structured APL Approach to Data Entry | Wilbur LePage |
| The Design of an Integrated Manufacturing System using a Network of PCs | Clark Kee |
| Using APL to write an Assembler | Philip Van Cleave |
| APL as a Tool for Teaching Computer Theory | Philip Van Cleave |
| Musical Objects in Temporal Space | David Steinbrook |
| EXECUCALC, an APL-based Lotus 1-2-3 lookalike for IBM mainframes | Kevin Weaver |
| APL as a Tool concerning Accounting and Financial Simulation | Miklos Vasarhelyi |
| APL and Linear Algebra | L J Dickey |
| Teacher’s Toolbox | David Michealson |
| Least Squares Curve Fitting Viewed Geometrically | Murray Eisenberg |
| Parametric and Polar Equations in Pre-Calculus Mathematics | Linda Alvord |
| Intensive Analysis of Global Data | Tama Traberman |
| Computer Simulation in Biological Education | Charles Waters |
| Computers and Calculus | Don Orth |
| Teaching Economic Concepts with APL Graphics | Robert Douglas |
| APL, a Tool for Teaching | Roger Pinkham |
| Teaching APL as a Problem Solving Tool in Business | William Royds |
APL as a tool of thought IV – 1986¶
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| APL and Application Design | Robert Bernecky |
| The Advatages of APL for Population Modeling | Robert Desharnais |
| User Friendly Applications Design | Christopher Lett |
| An APL Credit Card Acquisition Profitability Model | Urdang & Kaberon |
| Prototyping in the Real World. Considerations on a Project | Chris Oakleaf |
| APL in Education Engineering | LaGrega & Zaccone |
| Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions | Linda Alvord |
| APL – Alchemist’s Tool | Tama Taberman |
| Indeterminate Error in Radiation Measurement | Charles Waters |
| Writing User-Friendly Applications in APL for the Apple Macintosh | Richard Smith |
| Using Dyalog APL | Peter Donelly |
| An APL to C Interface | Robert Lauer |
| Differences between VS APL and APL2 Release 2 | Norman Brenner |
The length of the articles varies considerably from a brief abstract in some cases to a full paper in others. One cannot fail to be impressed by the broad range of areas covered by the seminars and by their growing list of speakers. Further information about these proceedings, and perhaps about a 1987 seminar, can be obtained from New York SIGAPL, Suite 524, 660 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10025