apl LambdaConf Tree Manipulation Workshop Videos The videos for my LambdaConf Tree Manipulation workshop are now online. I was moving through the workshop pretty quickly, and we cover a lot of different topics across a wide range of topics
text editor ALE: arcfide's line editor ed(1) meets Emacs implemented in APL, a la Acme. ALE is a line editor that I have created because I can.
apl Un-directed programming Various forms of "directed" programming have become very popular these days. However, I find that many of these are too restrictive and not conducive to what I consider a "human&
social media Playing around with Scuttlebutt/Patchwork So I'm playing around with Scuttlebutt and Patchwork. I've even set up a pub server: social.sacrideo.us Specifically intended to help those who are interested in keeping up with my own social/
apl Paper is dead, long live Paper Programming It should come as no surprise to anyone who reads this blog that I love to program "by hand." I happen to practice a degree of ascetical programming practices, and I
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apl Dyalog APL in Jupyter I just wanted to make a short post mentioning a new repository that has gone live at Dyalog: https://github.com/Dyalog/dyalog-jupyter-kernel Now you should be able to use Dyalog APL inside
apl Decoding Inverses Everyone has something to learn, and we should always be open to those new things the world around is showing us. I learned a "new" trick in APL recently from none
codfns Getting Started with APL I have been giving a number of talks and workshops on APL recently, and somewhat to my surprise, people are interested! However, this has led to a small dilemma, because the next question
co-dfns Co-dfns 2017 Report A great deal of work has gone into this year to improve and expand the capabilities of Co-dfns. The following presentation describes these updates in brief. Co-dfns 2017 Presentation at Dyalog '17 You
apl APL Style: Patterns and Anti-patterns in APL I gave the following talk at Dyalog '17 this year. I think it was a lot of fun, but I had to go through the slides pretty fast. I encourage anyone interested in
apl An Interview about LambdaConf Workshop The following is an interview that I was asked to give about my upcoming LambdaConf workshop. I have reproduced it here because it has been removed from the original host location. Aaron Hsu
co-dfns Co-dfns 2017.04.1 Release Page This is a pretty small but significant release. We've cleaned up a few things, added the last missing primitives, improved output a bit, and begun the work towards recursion and branching.
apl LambdaConf 6-hour Leap Workshop Intensive on APL For those who are interested in getting an intensive experience with Modern, Functional Array Programming with Co-dfns, APL, and Dyalog, consider attending my 6-hour intensive 1 day workshop at Lambda Conf 2017. LambdaConf
co-dfns Co-dfns Release 2016.9.1 Latest Release: https://github.com/arcfide/Co-dfns/releases/latest 2016.9.1 Release: https://github.com/arcfide/Co-dfns/releases/tag/v2016.9.1 We are pleased to release the September edition of the
apl Scripting with APL: Convert GNUCash XML format to Ledger CLI I want to play around with the Ledger CLI software, but this requires that I have something to work with. I have previously kept most of my stuff in the GNUCash program, and
apl Co-dfns 0.4 Released: Enter the Fusion I have released v0.4 of the Co-dfns compiler. This release focuses on overcoming the performance bottlenecks that were plaguing earlier versions by using the DWA infrastructure. You can now expect good performance
apl Improving Performance with DWA In my 2014 Dyalog presentation I demonstrated the Co-dfns compiler and its ability to target GPU and CPU platforms without altering the source code. Unfortunately, at the time, there was a regression in
apl Modern Cleanroom Software Engineering in an APL Context The Problem I've spent some time with Cleanroom Software Engineering attributed to Harlan Mills. Without a doubt it is my favorite development technique. In a nutshell, CSE gives me the following benefits: Certified
apl Co-dfns v0.3 Released After a long wait, I happily announce the first open-source release of the Co-dfns compiler. This version provides the features demonstrated at the Dyalog '14 conference in Eastbourne, UK. In particular, it supports
apl Imminent Co-dfns Releases I've been wanting to get increment Co-dfns releases out to the public for a long time. I think that we (Dyalog and myself) have reached a point where we will be able to
apl Co-dfns Report: Increment 5 Certified I am pleased to report that I have certified the 5th increment of Co-dfns today. This increment brings the ability to actually run some real benchmarks on the compiler, specifically the Black Scholes
apl APL a Day #7: Scalar Functions Scalar functions perform most of the hard labor in an APL program. A scalar function defines a mapping from one or two scalar values to a third value. In math, the addition function