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Michael S. Montalbano (28 April 1918 – 13 April 1989) was a computer scientist most noted for authoring "APL Blossom Time", a poem about the early days of the APL programming language, performed to the tune of The Battle of New Orleans. He published this poem and a few other articles under the pseudonym "J. C. L. Guest".

In 1974, he wrote a book called Decision Tables published by Science Research Associates.

References

1. Guest, J. C. L. (December 1981). "APL Blossom Time". ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad. 12 (2). ACM: 10. doi:10.1145/586656.586660. ISSN 0163-6006. S2CID 46665131.
2. Montalbano, Michael (1974). Decision Tables. Science Research Associates. ISBN 978-0-574-19040-6.

External links

• A Personal History of APL, October 1982

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