The introduction to "The Early Years" posed an amusing puzzle: What is the shortest expression you know of for computing the average of a vector v? (Shortest = fewest words.) The J answer is shorter than the APL answer.
----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:41 Subject: Re: [Jchat] ACM seeks SIGAPL Quote Quad issues To: Chat forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The entire collection being sought was published as the book > "APL Quote-Quad: The Early Years", APL Press, 1982. > The contents are: > > SHARE*APL\360 Newsletter Numbers 1-3. > APL Quote-Quad Number 4. > APL Quad-Quad Volume 2, 1-6 > APL Quad-Quad Volume 3, 1-5. > > I believe there is no formal Quote-Quad Volume 1. > Probably SHARE*APL\360 Newsletter Numbers 1-3 > and Quote-Quad Number 4 are what is meant by > "Quote-Quad Volume 1". > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Bron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:29 > Subject: [Jchat] ACM seeks SIGAPL Quote Quad issues > To: Chat forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The ACM Digital Library is seeking to complete its collection > of > > SIG newsletters: > > > > http://www.acm.org/publications/dl- > > documentation/missing_newsletters > > of particular interest to this group, the ACM DL is missing > all > > issues of SIGAPL's Quote Quad from volumes 1 through 3. > > > > If any of you have any of these newsletters, the ACM requests > > that you contact Craig Rodkin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your list > > and for shipping details. Be sure to let Craig know if you'd > > like the newsletters returned to you. > > > > I believe digitalization of these papers is the only way to > > preserve them for future reference (and provide for reasonable > > distribution). The paper copies are sure to be soon lost to > > history, if they aren't already. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
