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== How to learn APL == | == How to learn APL == | ||
In the foreword of "A Working Introduction to APL", it is written: | In the foreword of "A Working Introduction to APL", it is written: | ||
{{quote| | {{quote|I have long been struck by the contrast between the success with which the adventurous learn APL by simply using it, and the frequent failure of lecture courses to communicate the simplicity and applicability of the language.|Kenneth E. Iverson. Toronto, Ontario. July, 1981}} | ||
I have long been struck by the contrast between the success with which the adventurous learn APL by simply using it, and the frequent failure of lecture courses to communicate the simplicity and applicability of the language. | |||
|Kenneth E. Iverson | |||
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These tutorials invite the student to play and explore with the language, and in doing so imbibe its principles so that it may feel natural to express problem solutions to the computer in the future. | These tutorials invite the student to play and explore with the language, and in doing so imbibe its principles so that it may feel natural to express problem solutions to the computer in the future. | ||