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From: gnu@sun.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: net.lang.apl
Subject: Re: APL Idioms, Whizbangs, and STSC's true address
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Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 06:15:43 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  5 06:15:43 1985
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> 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.)