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Donald B. McIntyreAuthors Info & Claims

APL '91: Proceedings of the international conference on APL '91

Pages 264 - 273

https://doi.org/10.1145/114054.114084

Published: 01 July 1991 Publication History

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J is a new dialect of APL that provides much additional power over earlier dialects, and also provides a challenge to the user to master this new power. This paper discusses some of the problems the author encountered in learning J, and how they were overcome.

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Burke C(1994)Programming in J/WindowsACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/190468.19027925:1(29-34)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1994
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Mastering J
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
        Computer and information systems training
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Formal language definitions
      1. Syntax
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language features
      2. Language types

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APL '91: Proceedings of the international conference on APL '91

July 1991

396 pages

ISBN:0897914414

DOI:10.1145/114054

Chairman:
Charles A. Schulz

ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad Volume 21, Issue 4
Aug. 1991
390 pages
ISSN:0163-6006
DOI:10.1145/114055
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Jan M. Engel
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Burke C(1994)Programming in J/WindowsACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/190468.19027925:1(29-34)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1994
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/190468.190279
Burke C(1994)Programming in J/WindowsProceedings of the international conference on APL : the language and its applications: the language and its applications10.1145/190271.190279(29-34)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1994
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/190271.190279
Neitzel M(1995)Untying the Gordian knotACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/206944.20699225:4(145-153)Online publication date: 8-Jun-1995
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