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{{quote|In 1966 [[Eugene McDonnell|Eugene]] worked at [[IBM]] and hired Eric Iverson as a summer student. Twelve years later Eugene left IBM to join the language and system group at I.P. Sharp Associates, managed by Eric Iverson. | {{quote|In 1966 [[Eugene McDonnell|Eugene]] worked at [[IBM]] and hired Eric Iverson as a summer student. Twelve years later Eugene left IBM to join the language and system group at I.P. Sharp Associates, managed by Eric Iverson. | ||
Two years thereafter [[Ken Iverson]] too left IBM to join I.P. Sharp, also to be managed by Eric Iverson. After that, Eugene didn’t feel so bad about his own reversal in the pecking order.<ref>[[Roger Hui]]. [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLQA.htm#ebi1 "APL Quotations and Anecdotes"]. Accessed 2020-04-30.</ref>}} | Two years thereafter [[Ken Iverson]] too left IBM to join I.P. Sharp, also to be managed by Eric Iverson. After that, Eugene didn’t feel so bad about his own reversal in the pecking order.<ref>[[Roger Hui|Hui, Roger]]. [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APLQA.htm#ebi1 "APL Quotations and Anecdotes"]. Accessed 2020-04-30.</ref>}} | ||
Iverson left his studies at [[wikipedia:Yale University|Yale University]] in 1968 to join [[I.P. Sharp Associates]], where he did implementation work on [[APL\1130]]<ref>[[Larry Breed|Breed, Larry]]. [http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10001190 How We Got To APL\1130]. [[Vector journal]] 22:3, p.68. 2006-08.</ref> and a rewrite of [[APL\360]] for small machines.<ref name="apl@50">York University. APL@50 [http://www.cse.yorku.ca/museum/apl50/program.htm Invited Speakers]. 2012. Accessed 2020-04-30.</ref> His work with [[Larry Breed]] on a shared file system for APL was demonstrated by Al Rose and Breed at [[APL70]], the second APL conference.<ref>Korn, Karl. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/987429.987434 "APL Community Meets at NASA"]. [[APL Quote-Quad]] Vol. 2, No. 2. 1970-07-10.</ref> Among other management positions, Iverson managed [[SHARP APL]] development from 1974 to 1984.<ref name="apl@50"/> | Iverson left his studies at [[wikipedia:Yale University|Yale University]] in 1968 to join [[I.P. Sharp Associates]], where he did implementation work on [[APL\1130]]<ref>[[Larry Breed|Breed, Larry]]. [http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10001190 How We Got To APL\1130]. [[Vector journal]] 22:3, p.68. 2006-08.</ref> and a rewrite of [[APL\360]] for small machines.<ref name="apl@50">York University. APL@50 [http://www.cse.yorku.ca/museum/apl50/program.htm Invited Speakers]. 2012. Accessed 2020-04-30.</ref> His work with [[Larry Breed]] on a shared file system for APL was demonstrated by Al Rose and Breed at [[APL70]], the second APL conference.<ref>Korn, Karl. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/987429.987434 "APL Community Meets at NASA"]. [[APL Quote-Quad]] Vol. 2, No. 2. 1970-07-10.</ref> Among other management positions, Iverson managed [[SHARP APL]] development from 1974 to 1984.<ref name="apl@50"/> | ||