Ross Tucker wrote:
> Total APL n00b here but I thought I'd say hi.
> Also, a question- could anybody suggest some easy practice problems
> for a person (me) just learning the language? My traditional set of
> bootstrap programs are things like text-mode 99 bottles of beer
> printers, hangman, blackjack, tic-tac-toe, but they don't seem to be
> well suited for APL. Well, tic-tac-toe might be a cool 1-liner, but
> I'm just BEGINNING, so I'll save that one till later.
> Finally, I ordered 2 cheap books from amazon, but I wonder if you
> might suggest your favorites. I do know Python (fairly well), C
> (fairly well), and assembler (also a n00b), so I don't need that. Any
> ideas?
Welcome Ross,
I'm away from away from home for awhile, so can't reference my
bookshelf. But I do remember "APL An Interactive Approach" by Gilman and
Rose. A good introductory book, with practice problems. It is a bit
dated so only refers to the original APL (i.e. flat APL; no nested
arrays) and not APL2.
You might let us know what books you have already ordered. The regulars
here will no doubt offer helpful suggestions.
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Jerry wa2rkn
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