Tuesday 31 March 2009

Remembering Mike Kingston

Vector is sorry to report the death last month of Mike Kingston. Norman Thomson writes:

He worked at IBM Headquarters at North Harbour in Portsmouth during the 70s and 80s, and was instrumental both in persuading the Finance and Planning departments there to use APL extensively, and subsequently in giving them excellent technical support. An offshoot of this was George Kunzl’s system which subsequently became ADATUM, which, if I have got it right, eventually became part of Dyalog. [Don’t think so. Ed.] As one of the ‘back room’ people he was always present at APL events and conferences, whether APL, BAPLA, or SIGAPL. Outside work he lived in Winchester and was a Lib Dem Counsellor in Hampshire, or perhaps just a candidate, I can’t quite remember which.

Sunday 8 March 2009

JobWatch UK

Position: Python Developer (Graduate/Junior) LAMP
Location: London
Rate: £25k - £35k Per Annum + Bonus (Paid Monthly) + Benefits
Skills: Python Developer (Graduate/Junior) LAMP, Perl, PHP, TCL, Lisp sought by growing provider of automatic trading and hedging software solutions. Your role will focus on the UI, working closely with one other lead interface developer, developing new systems and maintaining changes for around fifty APIs. The company pride itself on its technology and is looking for a bright computing graduate (also need good A Levels) who is passionate about Open Source programming and has a healthy distrust of Microsoft and Java. There will be future opportunities to work across many new areas of their products and expand your skill set.

They are looking for a bright computing graduate (also need good A Levels) who is passionate about Open Source programming and has had some exposure to Unix/Linux and Open Source Scripting languages, ideally Python but will also consider Perl, TCL, Lisp or PHP. Desirable technologies include: C, Haskell, APL/J/K, Django, Erlang, functional programming.
Type: Permanent
Start Date: ASAP
Advertiser: Client Server
Business Type: Employment Agency
Contact: David Cooper
Phone: 0208 390 8390
Email: mailto:David.Cooper.967C8.9D093@mail.jobserve.com
Ref: JSBB/1700E/0603
Visa: Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location
Date: 06/03/2009 11:32:40
Apply Now: http://www.jobserve.com/E68F84B2E2D427FEFZ2228569CD2DE.jsap
Full Job: http://www.jobserve.com/E68F84B2E2D427FEF.job

Friday 6 March 2009