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From: 6035230@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM (Charles Schulz)
Subject: Re:  Looking for good APL2 book
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From: Mike Kent <70530.1226@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: Re:  Looking for good APL2 book
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:09:33 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.065531.22302@Princeton.EDU>,
lardieri@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Stephen Lardieri) writes:

>>  I would like to learn the APL2 language and am looking for
>>  recommendations on a good book to buy.  I would prefer a book that
>>  does not assume I will be using one particular computer system.
>>  ...
>>  I will be using APL2 1.3.0 on an IBM 3090 ... I will eventually be
>>  using STSC APL on a PC ...

"APL2 at a Glance", by Brown et. al. is pretty good at an elementary
level, which is fortunate as it's the only general introduction to APL2
that I know of.  For more depth, the choice is clear (to me):  the IBM
APL2 Language Reference.  ...

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More detail and contact info for APL2 books:

Renaissance Data Systems -- all APL books in print?
PO Box 20023
Park West Finance Station
NY, NY  USA  10025-1510
(212) 864-3078

SIGAPL book sale -- surplus supplies of various books
Robert G. Brown, executive editor of Quote-Quad:
116 Bentley Avenue
Old Bridge, New Jersey, USA  08857-1336
Robert_Brown@MTS.cc.Wayne.edu

IBM manuals to start with:
- "An Introduction to APL2" (SH20-9229)
- "APL2 Programming: Language Reference" (SH20-9227)

Other books:
- "APL2 at a Glance", Brown et. al., (ISBN 0-13-038670-7, Prentice Hall)
- "APL:  An Interactive Approach", Gilman & Rose (220-471-30022-5, Wiley)

/Charles A. Schulz
Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc.
Sunnyvale, California  94088-3504
Tel:  408-742-5277
E-mail:  cschulz@lmsc.lockheed.com
