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From: raboczi@s1.elec.uq.oz.au (Simon Raboczi)
Subject: Re: Who is selling J?
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Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 03:41:20 GMT
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rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky) writes:

>In article <1993May23.201030.18340@csus.edu> rmallory@meridian.csci.csusb.edu.csci.csusb.edu (Rob Mallory) writes:

>>[snip snip snip] ...I doubt out department is willing
>>to fork out $2100 for APL2/X for our RS6000; but I'd definately
>>be interested in a cheaper (free) version to play around with.
>>If there isn't a freeware version of J or variant or APL around,
>>I guess I'd be satisfied by some source for a FFT written in
>>the language.

> You can get binaries and source for J by anonymous ftp from
>watserv1.uwaterloo.ca   (aka watserv1.waterloo.edu)
>in the (I think) /languages/apl
>directory.

>If you send a modest amount of money to Iverson Software Inc,
>33 Major St., Toronto Ontario, Canada, they'll send you
>Roger Hui's "An Implementation of J" manual as well as 
>the source code.

If you're using J without a manual, it might help to hunt down
volume 18 #1 of the journal APL Quote Quad.  The dictionary of
APL therein in an immense help to anyone trying to deduce the
meaning of J words which the tutorial file doesn't cover.  The
symbols are different, but their names are the same.  :)
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 ,-_|\  Simon Raboczi (raboczi@s1.elec.uq.oz.au)
/     * Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
\_.--_/ University of Queensland, St Lucia
     v  Brisbane, Australia
