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The first APL conference was held at [[wikipedia:SUNY Binghamton|SUNY Binghamton]], the first university with an APL system and sponsor of the conference, July 11–12 of 1969. It was called "The March on Armonk" after [[IBM]]'s headquarters in [[wikipedia:Armonk, New York|Armonk]]: although attendees did not travel to Armonk, many came to make demands of IBM as they might at a march. Its stated goals were | |||
{{quote|(1) to bring together as a community of users those, primarily in university environments, who were using the [[APL\360]] Terminal System;<br/>(2) to indicate to IBM, both by what would transpire and by the volume of response, that the acceptance of the APL language had grown in a short period of time to an unusually high degree.<ref>Higgins, James. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/800012.808126 "Introduction"]. First APL conference.</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>[[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>[[Garth Foster|Foster, Garth]]. "The APL user community - its roots". Proceedings of the 1980 APL Users Meeting in Toronto, Canada. 1980.</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. | |||
* '''Introduction'''. James A. Higgins. [https://doi.org/10.1145/800012.808126]. | * '''Introduction'''. James A. Higgins. [https://doi.org/10.1145/800012.808126]. | ||
* '''Welcoming address'''. G. Bruce Dearing. [https://doi.org/10.1145/800012.808127]. | * '''Welcoming address'''. G. Bruce Dearing. [https://doi.org/10.1145/800012.808127]. | ||