It's not a document, it's a book. You can pick one for yourself in you are lucky. Starting $7.45.
http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Functions-Algorithmic-Kenneth-Iverson/dp/B0007DV5HC > From: Fraser Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My reaction to Roger's post was - we should have the whole of the document > on the web. > So I would really encourage you to continue with retyping it into the Wiki. > Fraser > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joey K Tuttle" > To: "Chat forum" > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:12 PM > Subject: Re: [Jchat] right to/of left -- what about left to right? > > > > At 15:09 -0700 2008/07/18, Roger Hui wrote: > >>http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/Elementary_Functions_An_Algorithmic_Treatment#evaluation_order > >> > >>by Ken Iverson, 1966. > > > > Bravo! I recently borrowed a copy of "Elementary Functions ..." from > > Eugene McDonnell (because my own copy is squirreled away in a box > > somewhere - sigh) and made copies of Appendix A that you have provided in > > scanned form. My idea was to retype that into the wiki with TeX for the > > formulas and perhaps I'll continue to do that as a more flexible form of > > the material. > > > > I think it is worth noting that the March 1, 1966 date that Ken wrote the > > foreword is well before the first/any working version of APL\360 and the > > APL notation in the book is from the earlier 7090 work at Stanford. The > > examples look a bit clumsy because of things which have evolved such as > > being able to enter a vector like 1 2 3 instead of 1,2,3 but the whole > > book is a good look at early thinking going in to evolving from a notation > > to a working interpreter. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
