APL, Iverson's books

Iverson's books

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Pedro Conte de Barr #1 / 3	Iverson's books Hello there! Is it possible that _no one_ in this Newsgroup has read Iversons books 'Calculus and 'Algebra - An algorithmic approach'? I've asked for info on whether the 'Functional language' mentioned in the short description of the books from Iverson Software is APL, J, or something else, but got no answer at all. Can someone be so kind as to give a short answer? Thanks in advance, Pedro -- Institute of Marine Research, Section for Pelagic Fish P.O. Box 1870 - Nordnes 5024 BERGEN, NORWAY
Tue, 23 Jan 1996 18:42:20 GMT

Rajat Dat #2 / 3	Iverson's books My copy of the book Calculus just arrived yesterday. It uses J for all the algorithms. I don't think APL really qualifies as a functional language (although it's close). Boy, are these books cryptic (Calculus, Programming in J, and the Dictionary). Reading them while sitting in front of a computer running J seems to be the way to understand what's going on. They aren't the kind of books that you can sit down with during lunch. --
Wed, 24 Jan 1996 00:53:14 GMT

Richard J. Gaylo #3 / 3	Iverson's books Quote: >> Boy, are these books cryptic (Calculus, Programming in J, and the > Dictionary). Reading them while sitting in front of a computer > running J seems to be the way to understand what's going on. They > aren't the kind of books that you can sit down with during lunch. > -- if you did, you'd find out that an hour later, you'd be hungry for more (books on J, that it). sorry. i couldn't let that one that pass by [ and i do mean it, actually. we need more J books] -richard- -- "if you're not programming functionally, then you're programming dysfunctionally"
Thu, 25 Jan 1996 20:35:43 GMT

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