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'''Robert "Boolean Bob" A. Smith''' of Laurel, Maryland first encountered APL in 1969 while working for [[wikipedia:NSA|NSA]]. Devoted to studying and contributing to the language, he left for [[STSC]] two years later. At STSC, he was involved in the creation of [[NARS]], and currently develops and maintains its successor, [[NARS2000]], though his company, Sudley Place Software. He was the editor of the problem section in the [[APL Quote Quad]], and regularly publishes and updates papers on various subjects of cutting edge APL.
'''Robert "Boolean Bob" Asa Smith''' of Laurel, Maryland first encountered APL in 1969 while working for [[wikipedia:NSA|NSA]]. Devoted to studying and contributing to the language, he left for [[STSC]] two years later. At STSC, he was involved in the creation of [[NARS]], and currently develops and maintains its successor, [[NARS2000]], though his company, Sudley Place Software. He was the editor of the problem section in the [[APL Quote Quad]], and regularly publishes and updates papers on various subjects of cutting edge APL.


Smith also developed lots of system-level software, including the [[wikipedia:386MAX|386<sup>MAX</sup>]] memory manager.
Smith also developed lots of system-level software, including the [[wikipedia:386MAX|386<sup>MAX</sup>]] memory manager.
==External links==
 
* [http://www.sudleyplace.com/APL/projects.html APL Projects]
== Publications ==
 
* [https://doi.org/10.1145/800136.804488 "A programming technique for non-rectangular data"] ([http://www.sudleyplace.com/APL/boolean.pdf pdf]) at [[APL79]].
* [https://doi.org/10.1145/800142.805376 "Nested arrays, operators, and functions"] at [[APL81]].
* [https://doi.org/10.1145/17701.255358 "Writing interpreters (panel)"] at [[APL85]]. With [[Bob Bernecky|Robert Bernecky]], Geno Coschi, James Ryan, [[Philip Van Cleave|Philip A. Van Cleave]], and James Wheeler.
 
== External links ==
 
* [http://www.sudleyplace.com/APL/projects.html APL Projects] at Sudley Place Software
* [http://www.sudleyplace.com/ Sudley Place Software]
* [http://www.sudleyplace.com/ Sudley Place Software]
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Bob Smith at Dyalog '16

Robert "Boolean Bob" Asa Smith of Laurel, Maryland first encountered APL in 1969 while working for NSA. Devoted to studying and contributing to the language, he left for STSC two years later. At STSC, he was involved in the creation of NARS, and currently develops and maintains its successor, NARS2000, though his company, Sudley Place Software. He was the editor of the problem section in the APL Quote Quad, and regularly publishes and updates papers on various subjects of cutting edge APL.

Smith also developed lots of system-level software, including the 386MAX memory manager.

Publications

External links

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