The Origins of APL (1974) [video]

28 points by ofalkaed6 days ago

3 comments

ofalkaed2 minutes ago
This submission popping back up from the second chance pool got me to some digging for the formal description of system/360[0], this is not the APL we know today but the APL outlined in Iverson's A Programming Language[1].<p>[0] <a href="https://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/class.files.cs2321.html/falkoff.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.cs.trinity.edu/~jhowland/class.files.cs2321.html...</a><p>[1] <a href="https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APL.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APL.htm</a>
jibal2 hours ago
9-track tape drives, drum disks, rectangular switches and lights, IBM "THINK" logo, fast card readers ... all bring back many personal memories.
bch3 hours ago
In the intro I liked the precursors to the IBM "Thinkpad" name.
- ofalkaed3 hours ago
  Yeah, I never knew that bit of history (probably did and just forgot it) and dug into it some after watching this.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_(slogan)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_(slogan)</a>