Kenneth E. Iverson

[Stephen Taylor <editor@vector.org.uk>]

Roger Hui has posted an autobiographical essay by Ken Iverson on the J
Wiki:

http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Kenneth_E._Iverson

Ken and Donald McIntyre worked on what was to be
"The Story of APL & J" in 2004 through a series of
e-mail messages, with the last e-mail from Ken coming
in the morning of Saturday, 2004-10-16.
Now Donald feels that he is unable to continue work on
"The Story of APL & J" due to his poor health .
What remains is an autobiographical sketch of Ken.
Donald emphasizes that the text is in Ken's own words.

Stephen Taylor
edi...@vector.org.uk

http://www.vector.org.uk
http://aplwiki.aplteam.com

[urbancamo]

On Jul 18, 12:29 pm, "Stephen Taylor <edi...@vector.org.uk>"

<StephenTaylorF...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Roger Hui has posted an autobiographical essay by Ken Iverson on the J
> Wiki:
>
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Kenneth_E._Iverson
>

A very enjoyable read (having palmed off the kids for 10 minutes!)

Mark

[Jack]

On Jul 18, 5:29 am, "Stephen Taylor <edi...@vector.org.uk>"

Thanks much for this post. This is a very enlightening read.
I too attended a one-room school as a child, and I appreciate Ken's
ironic use of "progress" to describe its demise.