Yes! I have the source (ascii text + figures) of the TPJ article. (There are a few words different but it is basically the same).
It would take a little bit of work to make it in to a nice web page article (a few hours), is anyone interested? Interesting to see all the functions in PDL1.11 could be listed on one page! Karl > On 10 Jun 2016, at 2:32 AM, Derek Lamb <de...@boulder.swri.edu> wrote: > > Karl, > > Do you happen to have laying around anywhere a copy of the original perlDL > article? The Perl Journal stopped publication ~10 years ago and Dr. Dobb's > Journal website has been hosting the articles. However the Dr. Dobb's > Journal website ceased updates at the end of 2014. So it might be nice to > have a copy of the original article that we could host ourselves, before it > is lost forever. It still exists here > http://www.drdobbs.com/pdl-the-perl-data-language/184410442 but who knows for > how long? > > Derek > >> On Jun 7, 2016, at 5:42 PM, Karl Glazebrook <karlglazebr...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> The thought occurred to me that we are approaching the 20-year anniversary >> of PDL this coming October 23rd! >> >> It is amazing to me that it is now this old, doesn’t seem like 20 years has >> gone by. Makes me feel really old. >> >> Here is the original announcement for the nostalgic: >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/comp.lang.perl.misc/glazebrook$20pdl/comp.lang.perl.misc/MJ8TL5pDaUk/LKWfyhHNCooJ >> >> Do we want to mark this in anyway? Maybe release a ‘final' version of PDL 2? >> (which should be v.2.71828182845905 following Knuth...) >> >> Karl >> >> p.s. First stupid code was written in Feb of 1996 - this is described in the >> PDL book. >> >> ———— >> >> Subject: ANNOUNCE: perlDL v1.00 - the 'perl Data Language’ 10/23/96 >> >> `perlDL' ("perl Data Language") gives standard perl the ability >> to COMPACTLY store and SPEEDILY manipulate the large N- >> dimensional data arrays which are the bread and butter of >> scientific computing. >> >> The idea is to turn perl in to a, free, array-oriented, >> numerical language in the same sense as commerical packages like >> IDL and MatLab. One can write simple perl expressions to >> manipulate entire numerical arrays all at once. >> >> For example with `perlDL' the perl variable `$a' can hold a >> 1024x1024 floating point image, it only takes 4Mb of memory to >> store it and expressions like `$a=sqrt($a)+2' would manipulate >> the whole image in a few seconds. >> >> A simple interactive shell ("`perldl'") is provided for command >> line use together with a module ("`PDL'") for use in perl >> scripts. >> >> v1.00 is the first official alpha release. It provides the >> fundumental numerical processing facilities and a limited set of >> standard functions. Graphics are supported via the perl PGPLOT >> module and image display via the external programs >> saoimage/ximtool. The goal is to allow perlDL to interact with a >> variety of external graphics systems. I/O is currently supported >> via the FITS standard, though given the simple design it ought >> to be possible to create perl code to read many common formats. >> >> There are of course many things missing from this first release >> but it is hoped that perlDL will grow through efforts of >> interested users. It has a modular design to encourage this. >> >> Where to obtain perlDL: >> >> Home Site: >> >> WWW: http://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/kgb/perldl/ >> >> ftp: ftp://ftp.aao.gov.au/pub/perldl/ >> >> Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN): >> >> ftp: In directory modules/by-module/PDL/ >> >> WWW: You can automatically select your LOCAL CPAN site by going >> to: http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/PDL/ >> >> The PGPLOT module is available from (among others): >> >> http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~kgb/pgperl.html (Home Page/General >> information) >> >> http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/PGPLOT/ >> >> ftp://ftp.ast.cam.ac.uk/pub/kgb/pgperl/ >> >> ftp://ftp.aao.gov.au/pub/pgperl/ >> >> SAOimage is available from: >> >> http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/saoimage.html >> >> Documentation >> >> The current perlDL documentation is available from >> http://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/kgb/perldl/PDL.html >> >> Mailing List >> >> Finally, a mailing list has been set up to talk about perlDL and >> for developers to coordinate their work. >> >> The address of the list is per...@jach.hawaii.edu. To subscribe, >> send a message to perldl-...@jach.hawaii.edu containing a >> string in the following format: >> >> subscribe me@my.email.address >> >> I hope you find perlDL useful and enjoyable, >> >> Karl Glazebrook. email: k...@aaoepp.aao.gov.au >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic >> patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are >> consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, >> J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. 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