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The '''APL Campfire''' is a recurring meeting hosted by [[Adám Brudzewsky]] every fourth Sunday at 18:00 UTC, since 9 May, 2021, with each session lasting about an hour. The event focuses on the history of APL programming, inviting participants to tell stories of their experiences, and is recorded for future reference.
The '''APL Campfire''' is a recurring meeting hosted by [[Adám Brudzewsky]] every fourth Sunday at 18:00 UTC, since 9 May, 2021, with each session lasting about an hour. The event focuses on the history of APL programming, inviting participants to tell stories of their experiences, and is recorded for future reference.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYKQVqyrAEj91hZHbJiWOENHZP4JT8VFv YouTube playlist]</ref>


APL Campfires are held using [[wikipedia:Zoom (software)|Zoom]]:
APL Campfires are held using [[wikipedia:Zoom (software)|Zoom]]:
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== 2021 ==
== 2021 ==
{| class=wikitable
{| class=wikitable
! Date !! Speakers !! Subjects discussed
! Date !! Speakers !! Subjects discussed !! text-align:center | Recording
|-
|-
| May 9 || Harry Saal, Joel Wittenberg, Adám Brudzewsky || APL on mainframes, <source lang=apl inline>⎕FMT</source>'s  <source lang=apl inline>G</source>,<ref>"Joel Wittenberg made critical assessments of that design and suggested important  
| May 9 || Harry J. Saal, Joel Wittenberg, Adám Brudzewsky || APL on mainframes, <source lang=apl inline>⎕FMT</source>'s  <source lang=apl inline>G</source>,<ref>"Joel Wittenberg made critical assessments of that design and suggested important  
elaborations which were incorporated in later designs." [[Adin Falkoff]]: ''[https://doi.org/10.1145/800142.805342 A pictorial format function for patterning decorated numeric displays]''. [[APL81]].</ref> and more (was not recorded)
elaborations which were incorporated in later designs." [[Adin Falkoff]]: ''[https://doi.org/10.1145/800142.805342 A pictorial format function for patterning decorated numeric displays]''. [[APL81]].</ref> and more || ―
|-
|-
| Jun 6 || Joel Wittenberg, Ron Murray || Murray's history with APL, including [[APL/700]] and the [[APL Machine]], and at Microsoft. Wittenberg's early exposure to [[Iverson Notation]] and [[PAT]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlUa1vz2OSM recording: 1:03])
| Jun 6 || Joel Wittenberg, Ron Murray || Murray's history with APL, including [[APL/700]] and the [[APL Machine]], and at Microsoft. Wittenberg's early exposure to [[Iverson Notation]] and [[PAT]]. || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlUa1vz2OSM 1:06:28]
|-
|-
| Jul 4 || [[wikipedia:Len Shustek|Len Shustek]], Joey Tuttle, Joel Wittenberg || Shustek at [[IBM]], Standord, SLAC, making APL\360 a multi-user system, running it under other OSs, [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/360_and_successors#MFT|MFT]] & (Experimental) [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/360_and_successors#MVT|MVT]], the [[wikipedia:Computer History Museum|Computer History Museum]], [[APL.SV]], [[Phil S. Abrams]] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1MqfzilWX0 recording: 1:06])
| Jul 4 || [[wikipedia:Len Shustek|Len Shustek]], Joey Tuttle, Joel Wittenberg || Shustek at [[IBM]], Standord, SLAC, making APL\360 a multi-user system, running it under other OSs, [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/360_and_successors#MFT|MFT]] & (Experimental) [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/360_and_successors#MVT|MVT]], the [[wikipedia:Computer History Museum|Computer History Museum]], [[APL.SV]], [[Phil S. Abrams]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1MqfzilWX0 1:06:24]
|-
|-
| Aug 1 || [[Gitte Christensen]], Joey Tuttle, Joel Wittenberg || Working at [[IPSA]], [[Ian Sharp]], [[666 BOX]] (early email), MagicStore, meeting people online (including [[Morten Kromberg]]), Christensen's first APL application, [[APL conference]]s, the [[boxed]]/[[nested]] split, [[Ken Iverson]]'s [[Rationalized APL]] and [[J]], the [[Rank operator]], [[IBM]]/Insight Systems/Adaytum/Cognos/Dyadic Systems/[[Dyalog Ltd.]], [[Alex Morrow]] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAu03M5fLck recording: 1:06])
| Aug 1 || [[Gitte Christensen]]<ref>2016 [[Iverson Award]] winner.</ref>, Joey Tuttle, Joel Wittenberg || Working at [[IPSA]], [[Ian Sharp]], [[666 BOX]] (early email), MagicStore, meeting people online (including [[Morten Kromberg]]), Christensen's first APL application, [[APL conference]]s, the [[boxed]]/[[nested]] split, [[Ken Iverson]]'s [[Rationalized APL]] and [[J]], the [[Rank operator]], [[IBM]]/Insight Systems/[[Adaytum]]/Cognos/Dyadic Systems/[[Dyalog Ltd.]], [[Alex Morrow]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAu03M5fLck 1:06:22]
|-
|-
| Aug 29 || [[Ray Polivka]]<ref>1990 [[Iverson Award]] winner and co-author of three authoritative APL textbooks.</ref>, [[Jon McGrew]], [[Joey Tuttle]], Walter Fil, [[Joel Wittenberg]] || [[ILLIAC]], at [[IBM]], [[wikipedia:Fred Brooks|Fred Brooks]], [[Adin Falkoff]], [[APL\360]], [[wikipedia:IBM 7030 Stretch|IBM 7030 Stretch]], [[IVSYS/7090]], [[Ken Iverson]], [[wikipedia:Science Research Associates|Science Research Associates]], [[wikipedia:computer assisted instruction|computer assisted instruction]], [[wikipedia:IBM 1500|IBM 1500]], teaching APL, [[books]] (own and others'), [[SIGAPL]], [[wikipedia:SHARE (computing)|SHARE]], [[APL conference]]s, [[Iverson Award]], [[Garth Foster]], [[APL Quote Quad]], [[Minnowbrook]], upcoming fourth book, [[APL 5100]], <source lang=apl inline>)MSG</source>, [[wikipedia:MCM/70|MCM/70]] (video processing in progress)
| Aug 29 || [[Ray Polivka]]<ref>1990 [[Iverson Award]] winner and co-author of three authoritative APL textbooks.</ref>, [[Jon McGrew]], [[Joey Tuttle]], Walter Fil, Joel Wittenberg || [[ILLIAC]], at [[IBM]], [[wikipedia:Fred Brooks|Fred Brooks]], [[Adin Falkoff]], [[APL\360]], [[wikipedia:IBM 7030 Stretch|IBM 7030 Stretch]], [[IVSYS/7090]], [[Ken Iverson]], [[wikipedia:Science Research Associates|Science Research Associates]], [[wikipedia:computer assisted instruction|computer assisted instruction]], [[wikipedia:IBM 1500|IBM 1500]], teaching APL, [[books]] (own and others'), [[SIGAPL]], [[wikipedia:SHARE (computing)|SHARE]], [[APL conference]]s, [[Iverson Award]], [[Garth Foster]], [[APL Quote Quad]], [[Minnowbrook]], upcoming fourth book, [[APL 5100]], <source lang=apl inline>)MSG</source>, [[wikipedia:MCM/70|MCM/70]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1VMeSzJLyE 1:47:56]
|-
|-
| Sep 26 || TBD || TBD (will be recorded)
| Sep 26 || Andy Shiers<ref>At Dyadic Systems since 1987, now Dyalog's Chief of Operations.</ref> and [[Geoff Streeter]]|| 40 years of Dyalog APL, early days of [[Dyadic Systems]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjgkqmRJrPc 1:05:42]
|-
| Oct 24 || [[Jim Brown]], Ron Murray || Early days at [[IBM]] and [[Syracuse University]]. Discussions with [[Ken Iverson]] and [[Adin Falkoff]], extending [[decode|base value]] (<source lang=apl inline>⊥</source>) and [[Encode|represent]] (<source lang=apl inline>⊤</source>) to work on higher [[rank]] arrays. Ragged [[array]]s vs [[nested array]]s. <source lang=apl inline>⎕AX</source> as prototyping too; to switch axiom system for enclosing a scalar. Origin of [[wikipedia:foo|foo]] as a placeholder name in programming. Resistance to APL at IBM. Interesting internal applications at IBM: a stock application (still in use today) and QMF (Query Management Facility). Using APL for models of [[primitive]]s and extensions. Behaviour of [[outer product]] (<source lang=apl inline>∘.</source>), [[strand notation]], [[prototype]]s for [[each]] on [[empty array]]s, [[system label]]s. [[NARS2000]]'s ball arithmetic. Differences in floating point results of APL vs [[wikipedia:PL/I|PL/I]] implementations of IBM's internal planning system. The meaning of [[monadic]] [[Up Arrow]] (<source lang=apl inline>↑</source>) and [[Right Shoe]] (<source lang=apl inline>⊃</source>). Influence from [[wikipedia:Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]]  ([[first]] as <source lang=apl inline>↑</source> and "last" as <source lang=apl inline>↓</source>), symbols, Mike Jenkins's [[Matrix Inverse]] and [[Matrix Divide]] (<source lang=apl inline>⌹</source>), Disjoined arrays using a dedicated Disjoined Array Computer (DAC), hardware [[APL machine]]s/processors, [[shared variable]]s. || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFtO_vtCNEw&t=259s 1:26:13]
|-
| Nov 21 || Zbigniew "Ziggy" Stachniak<ref>Computing historian, associate professor of computer science at York University in Toronto, and author of [https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Inventing_the_PC/cyWOA2FED7EC?hl=en Inventing the PC].</ref>, [[CoSy|Bob Armstrong]] || Timeline leading to [[MCM/70]]:[[wikipedia:Mers Kutt]], [[York APL]], [[wikipedia:Intel 8008|Intel 8008]], [[APL '73]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaQdzKnOxJE speed of <source lang=apl inline>0.7÷⍳255</source>], battery-operation, European tour and selling [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxXxAxxL5I the computer as a personal calculator], users of MCM/70, [[IBM]] possible "inspiration" to create the [[APL 5100|IBM 5100]], the display technology, the applications libraries including [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YitUfJySYz4 games], [https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/ York University Computer Museum], using APL for arts, [https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/mcm70e the MCM/70 emulator]. || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA9XymS-vho 1:09:21]
|-
| Dec 19 || [[Charles Brenner]] || [[APL\360]] and [[APL\1130]] ||
|}
 
== 2022 ==
{| class=wikitable
| Jan 16 || TBD || TBD ||
|}
|}



Revision as of 19:31, 21 November 2021

Humorous promotional logo.

The APL Campfire is a recurring meeting hosted by Adám Brudzewsky every fourth Sunday at 18:00 UTC, since 9 May, 2021, with each session lasting about an hour. The event focuses on the history of APL programming, inviting participants to tell stories of their experiences, and is recorded for future reference.[1]

APL Campfires are held using Zoom:

History

The series started after Joel Wittenberg contacted Dyalog Ltd., wanting to reconnect with the APL community. He started the APL Dinosaurs Facebook group, and suggested a live meeting. Via Zoom, he met with his friend Harry Saal and Dyalog employee Adám Brudzewsky for an hour on May 9, 2021. The meeting was deemed so enjoyable, that the group decided to make it a scheduled recurring event.

2021

Date Speakers Subjects discussed Recording
May 9 Harry J. Saal, Joel Wittenberg, Adám Brudzewsky APL on mainframes, ⎕FMT's G,[2] and more
Jun 6 Joel Wittenberg, Ron Murray Murray's history with APL, including APL/700 and the APL Machine, and at Microsoft. Wittenberg's early exposure to Iverson Notation and PAT. 1:06:28
Jul 4 Len Shustek, Joey Tuttle, Joel Wittenberg Shustek at IBM, Standord, SLAC, making APL\360 a multi-user system, running it under other OSs, MFT & (Experimental) MVT, the Computer History Museum, APL.SV, Phil S. Abrams 1:06:24
Aug 1 Gitte Christensen[3], Joey Tuttle, Joel Wittenberg Working at IPSA, Ian Sharp, 666 BOX (early email), MagicStore, meeting people online (including Morten Kromberg), Christensen's first APL application, APL conferences, the boxed/nested split, Ken Iverson's Rationalized APL and J, the Rank operator, IBM/Insight Systems/Adaytum/Cognos/Dyadic Systems/Dyalog Ltd., Alex Morrow 1:06:22
Aug 29 Ray Polivka[4], Jon McGrew, Joey Tuttle, Walter Fil, Joel Wittenberg ILLIAC, at IBM, Fred Brooks, Adin Falkoff, APL\360, IBM 7030 Stretch, IVSYS/7090, Ken Iverson, Science Research Associates, computer assisted instruction, IBM 1500, teaching APL, books (own and others'), SIGAPL, SHARE, APL conferences, Iverson Award, Garth Foster, APL Quote Quad, Minnowbrook, upcoming fourth book, APL 5100, )MSG, MCM/70 1:47:56
Sep 26 Andy Shiers[5] and Geoff Streeter 40 years of Dyalog APL, early days of Dyadic Systems 1:05:42
Oct 24 Jim Brown, Ron Murray Early days at IBM and Syracuse University. Discussions with Ken Iverson and Adin Falkoff, extending base value () and represent () to work on higher rank arrays. Ragged arrays vs nested arrays. ⎕AX as prototyping too; to switch axiom system for enclosing a scalar. Origin of foo as a placeholder name in programming. Resistance to APL at IBM. Interesting internal applications at IBM: a stock application (still in use today) and QMF (Query Management Facility). Using APL for models of primitives and extensions. Behaviour of outer product (∘.), strand notation, prototypes for each on empty arrays, system labels. NARS2000's ball arithmetic. Differences in floating point results of APL vs PL/I implementations of IBM's internal planning system. The meaning of monadic Up Arrow () and Right Shoe (). Influence from Lisp (first as and "last" as ), symbols, Mike Jenkins's Matrix Inverse and Matrix Divide (), Disjoined arrays using a dedicated Disjoined Array Computer (DAC), hardware APL machines/processors, shared variables. 1:26:13
Nov 21 Zbigniew "Ziggy" Stachniak[6], Bob Armstrong Timeline leading to MCM/70:wikipedia:Mers Kutt, York APL, Intel 8008, APL '73, speed of 0.7÷⍳255, battery-operation, European tour and selling the computer as a personal calculator, users of MCM/70, IBM possible "inspiration" to create the IBM 5100, the display technology, the applications libraries including games, York University Computer Museum, using APL for arts, the MCM/70 emulator. 1:09:21
Dec 19 Charles Brenner APL\360 and APL\1130

2022

Jan 16 TBD TBD

Notes

  1. YouTube playlist
  2. "Joel Wittenberg made critical assessments of that design and suggested important elaborations which were incorporated in later designs." Adin Falkoff: A pictorial format function for patterning decorated numeric displays. APL81.
  3. 2016 Iverson Award winner.
  4. 1990 Iverson Award winner and co-author of three authoritative APL textbooks.
  5. At Dyadic Systems since 1987, now Dyalog's Chief of Operations.
  6. Computing historian, associate professor of computer science at York University in Toronto, and author of Inventing the PC.


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