Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!esosun!net1!sdcsvax!hp-sdd!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcvc0!hpcvck!paull From: paull@hpcvck.HP (Paul Liebert) Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl Subject: Re: APL book for beginner Message-ID: <4000001@hpcvck.HP> Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 18:03:47 EST Article-I.D.: hpcvck.4000001 Posted: Mon Dec 15 18:03:47 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 01:58:45 EST References: <476@l.cc.purdue.edu> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon Lines: 14 I believe that the book referred to by the previous response should have been APL: AN INTERACTIVE APPROACH by Leonard Gillman and Allen J Rose. The latest version (with nested arrays and other nice enhancements) is in a pink/magenta rather than orange cover. I also highly recommend this text. It is very readable and written for a wide cross section of proficiency levels. Paul (for the mathematically sophisticated, dyadic ! is an implementation of the complete beta function) Liebert