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In 1988, McDonnell and [[Ken Iverson]] developed [[function train]] notation, one of the major innovations that spurred the creation of [[J]].
In 1988, McDonnell and [[Ken Iverson]] developed [[function train]] notation, one of the major innovations that spurred the creation of [[J]].
== Publications ==
=== APL conferences ===
{{Main|APL conference}}
* [[APL73]]: The variety of definitions of a simple function.
* [[APL74]]: The caret functions: Efficient algorithms for scans and reductions of eight Boolean functions.
* [[APL75]]: [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/eem/gcd.htm A notation for the GCD and LCM functions].
* [[APL76]]: [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/eem/0div0.htm Zero divided by zero].
* [[APL79]]: [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/eem/residue.htm Fuzzy residue].
* [[APL80]]: [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/eem/infinity.htm Extending APL to infinity]. With Jeffrey Shallit.
* [[IPSA '80]]: Commercial Applications for Event Handling.
* [[IPSA '82]]: [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/eem/functional.htm APL as a Functional Programming Language].
* [[APL85]]: Promoting APL (panel). With Patricia A. Buteux, Edward M. Cherlin, Percy Feiner, Jim Lucas, Michael Sunday, and Sheryl Winton.
* [[APL86]]: [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/eem/sqrt.htm A perfect square root routine].
* [[APL88]]: [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/eem/life.htm Life: Nasty, brutish, and short].
* [[APL89]]: [http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/fork.htm Phrasal forms]. With [[Ken Iverson|K. E. Iverson]].
* [[APL90]]: [http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/J1990.htm APL\?]. With [[Roger Hui|Roger K. W. Hui]], [[Ken Iverson|Kenneth E. Iverson]], and [[Arthur Whitney|Arthur T. Whitney]].
* [[APL91]]: Tacit definition. With [[Roger Hui|Roger K. W. Hui]] and [[Ken Iverson|Kenneth E. Iverson]].
* [[APL93]]: From trees into boxes. With David Steinbrook.
=== SHARP APL Technical Notes ===
* SATN-40: [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/satn40.htm Complex Numbers]. 1981-06-20.
* SATN-45: [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/satn45.htm Language Extensions of May 1983] (with [[Bob Bernecky]], [[Ken Iverson]], Robert Metzger, and J. Henri Schueler). 1983-05-02.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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