Less than 2 years from now, many computer systems will fail. Some failures will be merely irritating, some may damage corporate profits, and some may even cause loss of life or major economic turmoil.
The failures are preventable, but only by taking action now. Many companies that have used APL on mainframes for many years now face year 2000 compliance projects of varying sizes and costs. We will focus on the challenges and lessons learned so far from these.
This talk will interest those working in large data centres, and those working as APL consultants. It will probably bore to tears those primarily interested in APL as a tool of mathematical expression and teaching.
Many of the problems of year 2000 projects are common to all computer languages and platforms; a few are unique to APL. We will look at examples of both kinds of problem, as well as the question of where APL can reduce the costs of year 2000 projects.
Clement Kent
President, Godel Computer Solutions Ltd.
phone & fax: (416) 533-9624
godel@aracnet.net
Date: TUESDAY, January 27, 1998
Time: 18:30 (6:30 pm)
Location: ROOM V-154 (Television Studio "C" - ground floor,
North side of the bldg.)
Rogers Communication Building
80 Gould Street (North-East Corner of Church & Gould)
Toronto, Ontario