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Slight update on Bob's MS paper. I have a copy. Bob excelled at "Hutch Tech" and returned from his early experience in California at CalTech to further inspire me to join him across the river in Toronto.
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'''Robert (Bob) Bernecky''' is a Canadian [[computer scientist]] notable as a designer and implementer of [[APL (programming language)|APL]]. His APL career started at [[I.P. Sharp Associates]] (IPSA) in 1971<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bob Bernecky|title=Zoo Story: How the I.P. Sharp APL Development Group Got its Name|journal=Dyalog '16 User Meeting|date=2016-10-12|url=https://video.dyalog.com/Dyalog16/?v=1N_oYD-ZkX8|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref>.
'''Robert (Bob) Bernecky''' is a Canadian [[computer scientist]] notable as a designer and implementer of [[APL (programming language)|APL]]. His APL career started at [[I.P. Sharp Associates]] (IPSA) in 1971.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Robert Bernecky|title=Zoo Story: How the I.P. Sharp APL Development Group Got its Name|journal=Dyalog '16 User Meeting|date=2016-10-12|url=https://video.dyalog.com/Dyalog16/?v=1N_oYD-ZkX8|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref>


Bernecky's first published APL work concerned with speeding up the <i>iota</i> and <i>epsilon</i> (<i>index-of</i> and <i>membership</i>) primitives functions by orders of magnitude<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bob Bernecky|title=Speeding up Dyadic Iota and Dyadic Epsilon|journal=Proceedings of the APL Congress 73|date=1973-08-22}}</ref>. While at IPSA, he was a colleague of [[Roger Hui]]<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bob Bernecky and Roger Hui|title=Gerunds and Representations|journal=APL91 Conference Proceedings|date=1991-08-04}}</ref>, [[Richard H. Lathwell|Dick Lathwell]]<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bob Bernecky|title=Comparison Tolerance|journal=SATN 23, I. P. Sharp Associates|date=1977-06-10|url=https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/satn23.htm|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref>, [[Eugene McDonnell]]<ref name=SATN45>{{cite journal|author=Bob Bernecky, Kenneth E. Iverson, Eugene McDonnell, Robert Metzger, and J. Henri Schueler|title=Language Extensions of May 1983|journal=SATN 45, [[I. P. Sharp Associates]]|date=1983-05-02|url=https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/satn45.htm|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref>, [[Roger Moore (computer_scientist)|Roger Moore]], [[Arthur Whitney (computer scientist)|Arthur Whitney]], and APL inventor [[Kenneth E. Iverson|Ken Iverson]]<ref name=SATN45/><ref>{{citation|author1=Bob Bernecky and Kenneth E. Iverson |title=Operators and Enclosed Arrays|journal=1980 APL Users Meeting Proceedings|date=1980-10-06|url=https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/opea.htm|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref>. He continued on after IPSA was acquired by [[Reuters]] on 1987-04-01, and left Reuters in 1990 to found Snake Island Research. He works on APL compiler and parallel-processing technology to this day.
Bernecky's first published APL work concerned with speeding up the ''iota'' and ''epsilon'' (''index-of'' and ''membership'') primitives functions by orders of magnitude.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bob Bernecky|title=Speeding up Dyadic Iota and Dyadic Epsilon|journal=Proceedings of the APL Congress 73|date=1973-08-22}}</ref> While at IPSA, he was a colleague of [[Roger Hui]],<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bob Bernecky and Roger Hui|title=Gerunds and Representations|journal=APL91 Conference Proceedings|date=1991-08-04}}</ref> [[Richard H. Lathwell|Dick Lathwell]],<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bob Bernecky|title=Comparison Tolerance|journal=SATN 23, I. P. Sharp Associates|date=1977-06-10|url=https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/satn23.htm|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref> [[Eugene McDonnell]],<ref name=SATN45>{{cite journal|author=Bob Bernecky, Kenneth E. Iverson, Eugene McDonnell, Robert Metzger, and J. Henri Schueler|title=Language Extensions of May 1983|journal=SATN 45, I. P. Sharp Associates|date=1983-05-02|url=https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/satn45.htm|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref> [[Roger Moore (computer scientist)|Roger Moore]], [[Arthur Whitney (computer scientist)|Arthur Whitney]], and APL inventor [[Kenneth E. Iverson|Ken Iverson]].<ref name=SATN45/><ref>{{citation|author1=Bob Bernecky and Kenneth E. Iverson |title=Operators and Enclosed Arrays|journal=1980 APL Users Meeting Proceedings|date=1980-10-06|url=https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/opea.htm|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite journal| author=Robert Bernecky and Charles Brenner and Stephen B. Jaffe and George P. Moeckel|title=ACORN: APL to C on Real Numbers|journal=APL90 Conference Proceedings|date=1990}}</ref>


He continued on after IPSA was acquired by [[Reuters]] on 1987-04-01, and left Reuters in 1990 to found Snake Island Research. He conducts research into functional array languages, APL compiler, and parallel-processing technology to this day.
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Bernecky holds the Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto<ref>{{cite thesis|author=Bob Bernecky|degree=M.Sc.|title=APEX: The APL Parallel Executor|institution=[[University of Toronto]]|date=1997}}</ref>.

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Bernecky holds the Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto.<ref>{{cite thesis|author=Robert Bernecky|degree=M.Sc.|title=APEX: The APL Parallel Executor|institution=[[University of Toronto]]|date=1997}}</ref>


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== External links==
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[https://www.snakeisland.com/ Snake Island Research Inc.]
* [https://www.snakeisland.com/ Snake Island Research Inc.]


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Robert (Bob) Bernecky
Born (1947-01-28) January 28, 1947 (age 77)
CitizenshipCanadian
EducationCaltech
University of Buffalo
University of Toronto
Alma materHutchinson Central Technical High School, Buffalo, NY
Known forAPL
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsI.P. Sharp Associates
Reuters
Snake Island Research
Thesis APEX:The APL Parallel Executor - Univ of Toronto, masters

Robert (Bob) Bernecky is a Canadian computer scientist notable as a designer and implementer of APL. His APL career started at I.P. Sharp Associates (IPSA) in 1971.[1]

Bernecky's first published APL work concerned with speeding up the iota and epsilon (index-of and membership) primitives functions by orders of magnitude.[2] While at IPSA, he was a colleague of Roger Hui,[3] Dick Lathwell,[4] Eugene McDonnell,[5] Roger Moore, Arthur Whitney, and APL inventor Ken Iverson.[5][6] [7]

He continued on after IPSA was acquired by Reuters on 1987-04-01, and left Reuters in 1990 to found Snake Island Research. He conducts research into functional array languages, APL compiler, and parallel-processing technology to this day.

Bernecky holds the Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Robert Bernecky (2016-10-12). "Zoo Story: How the I.P. Sharp APL Development Group Got its Name". Dyalog '16 User Meeting. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. ^ Bob Bernecky (1973-08-22). "Speeding up Dyadic Iota and Dyadic Epsilon". Proceedings of the APL Congress 73.
  3. ^ Bob Bernecky and Roger Hui (1991-08-04). "Gerunds and Representations". APL91 Conference Proceedings.
  4. ^ Bob Bernecky (1977-06-10). "Comparison Tolerance". SATN 23, I. P. Sharp Associates. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  5. ^ a b Bob Bernecky, Kenneth E. Iverson, Eugene McDonnell, Robert Metzger, and J. Henri Schueler (1983-05-02). "Language Extensions of May 1983". SATN 45, I. P. Sharp Associates. Retrieved 2018-03-06.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Bob Bernecky and Kenneth E. Iverson (1980-10-06), "Operators and Enclosed Arrays", 1980 APL Users Meeting Proceedings, retrieved 2018-03-06
  7. ^ Robert Bernecky and Charles Brenner and Stephen B. Jaffe and George P. Moeckel (1990). "ACORN: APL to C on Real Numbers". APL90 Conference Proceedings.
  8. ^ Robert Bernecky (1997). APEX: The APL Parallel Executor (M.Sc. thesis). University of Toronto.
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