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The high attendance of roughly 220 was due in part to IBM sales people: as IBM had recently begun to sell APL\360 as a stand-alone product, those in sales sought to learn about the language.<ref name="foster">[[Ray Polivka|Polivka, Ray]] and Jon McGrew. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/216800.216805 "A Quote Quad Interview: Garth Foster"]. Quote Quad Volume 26 Number 1. 1995-09.</ref>
The high attendance of roughly 220 was due in part to IBM sales people: as IBM had recently begun to sell APL\360 as a stand-alone product, those in sales sought to learn about the language.<ref name="foster">[[Ray Polivka|Polivka, Ray]] and Jon McGrew. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/216800.216805 "A Quote Quad Interview: Garth Foster"]. Quote Quad Volume 26 Number 1. 1995-09.</ref>


Attendee [[Garth Foster]] was motivated by the diverse interests represented at SUNY to rename his newsletter ''SHARE*APL\360'' to the ''[[APL Quote-Quad]]'', and to establish the [[APL Implementer's Workshop]]. The latter served to bring the behavior of various APL implementations into closer alignment by offering implementors a forum to discuss design and implementation decisions.<ref name="roots">[[Garth Foster|Foster, Garth]]. "The APL user community - its roots". Proceedings of the 1980 APL Users Meeting in Toronto, Canada. 1980.</ref>
Attendee [[Garth Foster]] was motivated by the diverse interests represented at SUNY to rename his newsletter ''SHARE*APL\360'' to the ''[[APL Quote-Quad]]'', and to establish the [[APL Implementer's Workshop]]. The latter served to bring the behavior of various APL implementations into closer alignment by offering implementors a forum to discuss design and implementation decisions.<ref name="roots">[[Garth Foster|Foster, Garth]]. "The APL user community - its roots" at [[IPSA '80]].</ref>


A point of focus in early APL conferences was ''CAI'', which stands for Computer Assisted Instruction. Sometimes the acronym CAL, or Computer Assisted Learning, is also used.
A point of focus in early APL conferences was ''CAI'', which stands for Computer Assisted Instruction. Sometimes the acronym CAL, or Computer Assisted Learning, is also used.

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