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'''Roger Kwok Wah Hui''' (1953 - October 16, 2021<ref>[[Eric Iverson]]. [http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2021-October/059091.html Roger Hui - 1953 - 2021]. [[Jsoftware]] | '''Roger Kwok Wah Hui''' (1953 - October 16, 2021<ref name=death>[[Eric Iverson]]. [http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2021-October/059091.html Roger Hui - 1953 - 2021]. [[Jsoftware]] programming forum. 2021-10-17.</ref>) was a computer scientist and co-developer of the programming language [[J]], and later [[Dyalog APL]]. He ran and maintained the [[Jsoftware]] website. | ||
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[[File:RH.jpg|thumb|left|Roger Hui's Iverson Award]] | [[File:RH.jpg|thumb|left|Roger Hui's Iverson Award]] | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Hui's work was described at the APL85 conference in a paper, "DESIGN: A Financial Modelling System", written jointly with his supervisor, Fred Appleyard. The basic objects in the system were in "Direct Definition" ([[Ken Iverson|Iverson]], 1976, 1980), and [[Adin Falkoff|Falkoff]] and Iverson's The Design of APL was cited. Hui left Alberta Energy shortly after being promoted to a non-APL and non-programming position, and was out of work, and had no access to computers, from September 1985 to April 1986. This gave him plenty of time for intense study of Iverson's Rationalized APL (1983) and [[A Dictionary of APL|A Dictionary of the APL Language]], as it was then named. In 1996, Hui received the [[Iverson Award]] for his work on the design, implementation, and commercial development of J. | Hui's work was described at the APL85 conference in a paper, "DESIGN: A Financial Modelling System", written jointly with his supervisor, Fred Appleyard. The basic objects in the system were in "Direct Definition" ([[Ken Iverson|Iverson]], 1976, 1980), and [[Adin Falkoff|Falkoff]] and Iverson's The Design of APL was cited. Hui left Alberta Energy shortly after being promoted to a non-APL and non-programming position, and was out of work, and had no access to computers, from September 1985 to April 1986. This gave him plenty of time for intense study of Iverson's Rationalized APL (1983) and [[A Dictionary of APL|A Dictionary of the APL Language]], as it was then named. In 1996, Hui received the [[Iverson Award]] for his work on the design, implementation, and commercial development of J. | ||
[[File:Screenshot 2021-10-18 at 02-07-15 Hacker News.png|thumb|right|Hacker News honouring Roger Hui with a black bar across the top banner.]] | |||
== Death == | |||
Hui's death was announced by [[Eric Iverson]] on October 16, 2021.<ref name=death/> It was subsequently noted in various media, including [[wikipedia:Hacker News|Hacker News]] (which displayed a black banner in his honour),<ref>Hacker News. [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28898045 Roger hui has died]. 2021-10-17.</ref> [[wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]],<ref>Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/apljk/comments/qa23td/roger_hui_1953_2021/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Roger Hui (1953 - 2021)]. apljk subreddit. 17 Oct 2021.</ref> Jsoftwares's chat,<ref>Raul Miller. [https://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/chat/2021-October/008937.html Roger Hui - 1953 - 2021]. Jsoftware chat forum. 2021-10-17.</ref>, and Dyalog news.<ref>Dyalog Ltd. [https://www.dyalog.com/news/148/420/Roger-Hui.htm Roger Hui]. Dyalog news. 2021-10-18.</ref> | |||
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 18 October 2021
At Dyalog '18
Roger Kwok Wah Hui (1953 - October 16, 2021[1]) was a computer scientist and co-developer of the programming language J, and later Dyalog APL. He ran and maintained the Jsoftware website.
History
Hui's work was described at the APL85 conference in a paper, "DESIGN: A Financial Modelling System", written jointly with his supervisor, Fred Appleyard. The basic objects in the system were in "Direct Definition" (Iverson, 1976, 1980), and Falkoff and Iverson's The Design of APL was cited. Hui left Alberta Energy shortly after being promoted to a non-APL and non-programming position, and was out of work, and had no access to computers, from September 1985 to April 1986. This gave him plenty of time for intense study of Iverson's Rationalized APL (1983) and A Dictionary of the APL Language, as it was then named. In 1996, Hui received the Iverson Award for his work on the design, implementation, and commercial development of J.
Death
Hui's death was announced by Eric Iverson on October 16, 2021.[1] It was subsequently noted in various media, including Hacker News (which displayed a black banner in his honour),[2] Reddit,[3] Jsoftwares's chat,[4], and Dyalog news.[5]
Publications
APL conferences
- APL85: Design: a financial modelling system. With Fred Appleyard.
- APL87: Some uses of { and }.
- APL90: APL\?. With Kenneth E. Iverson, E. E. McDonnell, and Arthur T. Whitney.
- APL91: Gerunds and representations. With Robert Bernecky.
- APL91: Tacit definition. With Kenneth E. Iverson and Eugene E. McDonnell.
- APL94: TAGS: trains, agendas, and gerunds. With Kenneth E. Iverson.
- APL95: Rank and uniformity.
- APL95: Representations of recursion. With Kenneth E. Iverson.
- APL97: Mathematical roots of J. With Kenneth E. Iverson.
- APL99: Sparse arrays in J.
Dyalog user meetings
- Dyalog '08 05: Performance Improvements in Dyalog: A Case Study (materials)
- Dyalog '09 15: Complex Numbers Implementation Stories (materials)
- Dyalog '09 26: The Rank Operator (materials)
- Dyalog '10 P07: Hashing for Tolerant Index-Of (materials)
- Dyalog '11 D04: Introducing the Dyalog '11 Conference Edition (with John Scholes)
- Dyalog '11 D05: Rational Numbers (materials)
- Dyalog '11 D18: What is Functional Programming? (with John Scholes)
- Dyalog '12 D04: Potential Version 14.0 Language Features (materials) (with John Scholes)
- Dyalog '12 D08: Dyalog APL Benchmarks and Performance Enhancements (materials)
- Dyalog '13 D08: Rank and Friends (materials)
- Dyalog '13 D11: Primitive Performance (slides, materials) (with Morten Kromberg)
- Dyalog '14 D06: The Tuning Pipeline (materials) (with Kimmo Kekäläinen)
- Dyalog '15 D04: Core Performance (slides_JF, materials_RH) (with Jay Foad)
- Dyalog '15 D16: Future Operator Proposals: Cut, Under, Merge (materials) (with John Scholes)
- Dyalog '16 D06: New Primitive Functions and Operators (materials, demo script) (with John Scholes)
- Dyalog '16 D08: Performance: The Neverending Story (slides_JF, slides_RH) (with Jay Foad)
- Dyalog '17 D07: Index-Of on Multiple Floats (materials)
- Dyalog '17 D10: Tolerant Unique (materials)
- Dyalog '17 D15: TAO – Total Array Ordering (materials) (with John Scholes)
- Dyalog '18 D14: Inverted Tables (slides)
- Dyalog '20 D07: Rational Arithmetic (materials)
Other talks
- Functional Conf 2017: Tests, Derivations, Proofs
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eric Iverson. Roger Hui - 1953 - 2021. Jsoftware programming forum. 2021-10-17.
- ↑ Hacker News. Roger hui has died. 2021-10-17.
- ↑ Reddit. Roger Hui (1953 - 2021). apljk subreddit. 17 Oct 2021.
- ↑ Raul Miller. Roger Hui - 1953 - 2021. Jsoftware chat forum. 2021-10-17.
- ↑ Dyalog Ltd. Roger Hui. Dyalog news. 2021-10-18.
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