A classic work is APL: An Interactive Approach by Leonard Gilman and Allen J. Rose. I've seen it for sale for as low as $3 recently, but it looks like computer bidding is driving the price up right now.
And, of course, anything written by Ken Iverson is good - especially if you take the time to try a few experiments for each of his examples. (And do not feel bad if that takes time. I've taken over a year, to read one of his books - though obviously I did a lot of other things, including a fair amount of sleeping, during that time.) Thanks, -- Raul On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> wrote: > I went googling for some deeper material on how to think like an APL > programmer. I have read/skimmed through a good set of the material on > http://jsoftware.com/papers/ and have skimmed through many of the > books listed on http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Books. > > Are there any specific recommendations, free or for purchase? Or, > perhaps I should spend more time with the list above. > > I found this, The APL Idiom List by Perlis and Rugaber, which looks > similar to what I'm looking for: > http://archive.vector.org.uk/resource/yaleidioms.pdf. > > The review of this book looks like what I'm after, > http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-APL-programming-Clark-Wiedmann/dp/0884050262, > constructing useful programs and going into more depth. > > Or something of the style of The Little Schemer, > http://scottn.us/downloads/The_Little_Schemer.pdf > > I searched the forum and had trouble finding a relevant post > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
