17 Nov
2004
17 Nov
'04
1:56 a.m.
"Iverson passed away on Oct. 19 following a stroke while he was working on his
computer. He was 83. "
He must have been using a Windows PC! He should have stuck with APL.
APL was my first computer language as well. I learned it form Iverson's book A
Programming Language and finally got to try it out on an IBM 1130. I'll go for YEARs
and not use APL and finally getting rid of all my APL books and stuff but I always find
myself coming back to APL.
Joe
At 09:34 PM 11/16/04 -0500, you wrote:
http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=57357
Using IBM APL on the University of New Brunswicks System 370
was what got me "hooked" on interactive computing, and it has
been a favorite of mine ever since.
Dave
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