Ken Iverson, creator of APL dies.

[Bjørn]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:34:37 -0500, Dave Dunfield <dave04a at dunfield.com>  
wrote:

>
> http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=57357
>
> Using IBM APL on the University of New Brunswicks System 370
> was what got me "hooked" on interactive computing, and it has
> been a favorite of mine ever since.
>
Hm - looking over the shoulder of Ken Iverson as he typed in his APL  
program convinced me that it would not be the programming language for me.  
On the other hand, it was the first time I saw somebody older than myself  
developing faster than me. Now that I´m an Old Phart, I am even more  
impressed by what he was doing at the time since my coding speed has long  
since decreased in proportion to the number of blunders I have learned  
from.

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