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Revision as of 13:03, 6 August 2024
The APL community and various user groups offer plenty of scheduled events and activities for both hobbyists and professionals, besides for continuously active chat rooms and forums.
Regular conferences and events
Approximately ordered by descending frequency:
| Held… | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| constantly | Code golf | Competition in which participants strive to achieve the shortest possible source code |
| constantly | Kattis | Very large collection of problems with automated checking of APL solutions |
| every week | APL Monday | Small APL reading exercises by Dyalog Ltd posted on X/Twitter, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook |
| every 2 weeks | BAA sessions | Webcast held by BAA, usually in the form of an open session, but sometimes with a presentation, on odd-numbered weeks |
| every 2 weeks | APL BUG | Round-table discussions, on even-numbered weeks |
| every 2 weeks | Array Cast | Podcast about array programming languages |
| irregularly | Tokyo APL/J/K Meetup | Irregular meetings of APL, J and K developers located in and around Tokyo |
| twice a year | GSE/APL-Germany conference | General meetings |
| twice a year | APL afternoon and Forest Seminar | Mini-conference arranged by FinnAPL every spring and autumn |
| once a year | Dyalog user meeting | Week-long conference by Dyalog Ltd for users of Dyalog APL and other array programmers |
| once a year | Advent of Code | Advent calendar of small programming puzzles, popular with APL programmers |
| every 2 years | APL Implementer's Workshop | By-invitation-only event for APL implementers to share information and discuss language design, usually at Syracuse University in Minnowbrook on odd-numbered years |
| irregularly | SwedAPL Meeting | Mini-conference arranged by SwedAPL |
| irregularly | APL Show | Podcast focusing on the notational aspects of APL |
Historical conferences and events
Materials are available for many past activities:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| APL Quest | Series of short live chat sessions held by Adám Brudzewsky, focusing on one problem from Phase 1 of a past APL Problem Solving Competition |
| APL Problem Solving Competition | Yearly contest hosted by Dyalog Ltd |
| Dyalog webinars | Webcast held by Dyalog Ltd with moderated live chat, focusing on upcoming or new features to tutorials on various technical subjects |
| APL Seeds | Online annual one-day conference held by Dyalog Ltd, aimed at new and prospective users of APL |
| APL conference | Held in various international locations, once per year, with some lapses, 1969–2010 |
| Colloque APL | Held in Paris on September 9th and 10th, 1971 |
| APL Congress 73 | Special event held in Copenhagen on August 22–24, 1973 |
| IPSA conferences | Held in Toronto by I.P. Sharp Associates, every other year, 1978–1984 |
| STSC conferences | |
| Jsoftware conferences | Held, mostly in Toronto, by Jsoftware for the J community as well as APL and K programmers |
| APL2000 user conferences | Held, mostly in Florida, by APL2000 for users of their APL+Win and others interested in APL |
| Rencontres Dyalog APL | Held by Dyalog Ltd and Quantys, with content in French and English, in 2002, 2006, and 2016 |
| APL Cultivation | Series of 90-minute live chat lessons, every or every two-three weeks, 18 October 2017–16 May 2018, covering most aspects of basic APL programming |
| APL Meetup | 10 informal weekly meetups led Rodrigo Girão Serrão, focusing on applying APL to solve practical problems |
| Iverson Award | SIGAPL's prize for significant contributions to the APL programming language or to the APL community |
| Functional Geekery | This podcast on functional programming ran a series of 3 episodes on APL and related subjects: Alex Weiner, Morten Kromberg, Anthony Cipriano |
| APL Campfire | Recurring meeting hosted by Adám Brudzewsky every fourth Sunday, focusing on the history of APL programming |
| fast.ai APL study group | Informal study sessions, initially focussing on APL and array programming, four days a week |
| APL ∊ BCN meetings | Both general meetings and historical APL paper readings |
| APL community [edit] | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Conferences ∙ User groups and meetups ∙ Iverson Award ∙ Exercises |
| Chat rooms and forums | APL Farm ∙ APL Orchard ∙ APL Wiki |
| People | Phil Abrams ∙ Brian Becker ∙ Bob Bernecky ∙ Larry Breed ∙ Charles Brenner ∙ Jim Brown ∙ Adám Brudzewsky ∙ Gitte Christensen ∙ Peter Donnelly ∙ John Earnest ∙ Adin Falkoff ∙ Garth Foster ∙ Lib Gibson ∙ Aaron Hsu ∙ Roger Hui ∙ Ken Iverson ∙ Morten Kromberg ∙ Dick Lathwell ∙ Marshall Lochbaum ∙ Eugene McDonnell ∙ Roger Moore ∙ Trenchard More ∙ Alan Perlis ∙ Raghu Ranganathan ∙ Henry Rich ∙ Al Rose ∙ John Scholes ∙ Ian Sharp ∙ Bob Smith ∙ Geoff Streeter ∙ Joey Tuttle ∙ Arthur Whitney |
| Other | APL Trust ∙ APL Quote Quad ∙ Blogs ∙ Books ∙ Case studies ∙ Famous APL users ∙ Humour ∙ Jobs ∙ Merchandise ∙ Papers ∙ Podcasts ∙ TryAPL ∙ Try It Online ∙ Video channels |