Thank you for taking the initiative on this.
I would like to let everyone in the Toronto area to know that I have
started a local group, the
Toronto JAPLK meetup group - http://www.meetup.com/JAPLKSIG/
Please sign up and give me your ideas for presentation topics.
The times have never been better for derivatives of Iverson notation
languages.
Most of the problems of the past are gone. Nobody does compiles anymore.
Everything is JIT compiled.
Notation and APL characters are no longer a problem.
Improvements in machine performance have rendered insignificant any
minor differences in performance.
If you are nearby, Please come out and join the Toronto JAPLK meetup group.
......Dan King
On 16-03-09 07:35 PM, LaRocque, Guy (NRCan/RNCan) wrote:
Dear colleagues,
You are receiving this email because you are a member of the steering
committee of an association or belong to the community of developers
or consultants of a programming language derived from Iverson’s
mathematical notation, including APL, J, K, A+, Nial or Gauss.
Recently, I had a discussion with APL colleagues about the
international visibility of these different array programming
languages. We are aware of the fact that the majority of associations,
developers and consultants have good web sites with a lot of good
information, but our impression is that there is a lack of good
communications among the different associations in different parts of
the world.
The reason I am sending you this email is to suggest the idea of
forming an informal international group that will improve
communications among the organizations and users of languages derived
from Iverson’s mathematical notation. This international group could
(1) establish linkages between the web sites of the different
associations, developers or consultants, (2) organize webinars, (3)
assemble lists of users across the world, and (4) provide efficient
means of internet communications among organizations and users.
The objective of this idea is not to create a “super” organization
that will consider existing groups as affiliates, but simply to
promote good communications and improve the visibility and use of the
different languages. If you like the idea and wish to initiate
discussions, please, let me know.
Kind Regards
Guy Larocque
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