Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!gnu From: gnu@sun.uucp (John Gilmore) Newsgroups: net.lang.apl Subject: Re: APL Idioms, Whizbangs, and STSC's true address Message-ID: <2026@sun.uucp> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 06:15:43 EST Article-I.D.: sun.2026 Posted: Tue Mar 5 06:15:43 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 04:12:22 EST References: <21749@arizona.UUCP>, <298@gumby.UUCP> <755@ecsvax.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 23 > Anyone interested in APL idioms should look for STSC's booklet > _Collected Whizbangs_. I have one labeled "Volume 1," so there may be > several. It is an excellent reference on better programming in APL, > including "idioms" and explanations of why technique A works better than > technique B in a given situation. STSC is located at 7316 Wisconsin > Ave., Bethesda, MD 20014 (301) 657-8220. I've no connection with > STSC. Actually, STSC moved years ago. They are now at: STSC, Inc. 2115 E. Jefferson St. Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 984-5000 The "whizbangs" are excellent tutorials as well as idiom references. They were written by Roy Sykes, who knew (&knows) more about writing APL applications than 99.9% of the APL programmers who ever lived. He wrote them as a series of columns for the STSC newsletter, and they were so popular that they were eventually collected and republished. I have no connection with STSC. I am a member of "XSTSC" however, which is the organization for ex-STSC employees. (I left in '77.)