Greatly Exaggerated: News of SIGAPL's demise

Robert G. Brown

unread,

Dec 29, 2003, 1:39:10 PM12/29/03

to

It has come to my attention that there are some people using this
newsgroup who believe that SIGAPL is fading away, or "dead".

This is simply an incorrect impression. What I have been doing is
working on a number of items which will be announced in more detail
very soon, in three places:

1. This newsgroup.
2. The SIGAPL website.
3. The next issue of APL Quote-Quad, coming soon.

Our actions will be directed toward renewed activity though a better
volunteer organization, a well-defined set of membership benefits, and
incentives to remain a member of SIGAPL.

It is easy to give up on some things, and the work we face may not be
easy. If what is desired is a really good organization, the groundwork
has been laid for it, and we will be announcing more very soon.

News of our demise is very much an exaggeration.

Best Regards in this
Holiday Season
Robert G. Brown
Chair, ACM/SIGAPL

pabr...@gmail.com

unread,

Mar 27, 2013, 3:26:00 PM3/27/13

to

How Can I get a hold of Robert G. Brown? Phil Abraham pabr...@gmail.com

ArrayMac

unread,

Mar 29, 2013, 10:31:50 AM3/29/13

to

I doubt APL will die any time soon. As long as a single person can make a significant splash using it as a tool, APL will still be with us.

One thing: I am on the job-seeker side of the hard-to-find (programmers/jobs) dysfunction, and I know that not many workers are needed to do significant work: APL/Java shops have 1:(>10) developer ratios, and 10:1 productivity ratios. I also know that in-house infrastructure to support APL is NOT needed; I can use APL to build applications delivered from a web-server and have been doing so since before 9/11. The question is: where do I find those who could use these services?

David Liebtag

unread,

Apr 24, 2013, 3:11:11 PM4/24/13

to

This is the URL for Bob's Linkedin page:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-brown/10/369/908

David Liebtag

ArrayMac

unread,

May 21, 2013, 9:06:58 AM5/21/13

to

The fact that this thread is almost ten years old does not bode well. I know theres a corporate presence of APL, and some of the vendors are still viable. However, as Roger Waters so famously wondered, 'Is there anybody out there?'

jonatha...@gmail.com

unread,

Jun 5, 2013, 5:59:39 PM6/5/13

to

On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:06:58 AM UTC-4, ArrayMac wrote:
> The fact that this thread is almost ten years old does not bode well. I know theres a corporate presence of APL, and some of the vendors are still viable. However, as Roger Waters so famously wondered, 'Is there anybody out there?'

------------------
I just stopped by to see about that myself...brilliant language (I used it for many years from '78 to the late 80's). Just trying to get a sense of the state of the industry...

Morten Kromberg

unread,

Jun 7, 2013, 10:28:23 AM6/7/13

to

On Wednesday, 5 June 2013 23:59:39 UTC+2, jonatha...@gmail.com wrote:

> I just stopped by to see about that myself...brilliant language (I used it for many years from '78 to the late 80's). Just trying to get a sense of the state of the industry...

We (Dyalog) just announced support for the Raspberry Pi. We expect to support a couple of new platforms next year, and are developing new GUI and Web application frameworks for APL. We have a team of about 15 engineers working full time on new APL technology. It is a very exciting time for APL, believe it or not - even though some of the old institutions and applications are crumbling.