Some APL Pioneers I Knew // Charles Brenner // Dyalog '24

Charles Brenner

When Charles graduated from university, Larry Breed invited him to join the APL group at IBM – comprising Ken Iverson et al. – in developing an APL interpreter and, to an extent, APL itself. These were inspiring people to work with, as remains the case today.

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00:00 How I got started with computers
03:06 Larry Breed and the watch
05:38 My introduction to APL at TJ Watson IBM Research Center
10:10 Ken Iverson, Eugene McDonnell, and Aiden Falkoff
14:57 Joey Tuttle, John Gilmore, Curtis Jones, and Paul Berry
17:05 Train crossing near Billings, Montana
19:58 Larry flies off a ramp in his PRNDL

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