How to win the respect and admiration of the rest of the DP world

At a recent Workshop organized by the APL Group in Denmark, the three of us were given the task of finding ways to improve APLs image in the DP community. This paper is the result of that work. We hereby present a strategy for reducing the clashes between US (APLers) and THEM (those dim-witted DP experts). The conclusion is that the rest of the world does have a right to their own beliefs. What's more, we found that some of the things they say about us are not entirely mad - APLers are quite often more ignorant of the rest of the DP world than they are of us, and we have a responsibility to do something about this. Here, in ten easy steps, is the way to make friends with the DP department and win their respect (and if you are lucky, perhaps even their cooperation). This is an OPERATIONAL plan which should be used in planning the use of APL within an organization. Based on common statements made by those who criticize us, we have found ten areas in which work is required within an organization if APL is to prosper as a valuable tool. One member of the group - Svend Frandsen - has hopes of implementing our plan at ATP, and hopefully, by the time this paper is presented, he will be able to tell us whether it works!