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 * [wiki:WikiPedia/APL_programming_language Wikipedia article on APL]  * [wiki:WikiPedia/APL_programming_language Wikipedia]

About APL

APL is A Programming Language, derived from a mathematical notation developed at Harvard in the 1950s and published in a book of the same name by wiki:Kenneth_E._Iverson.

It is distinguished by

  • extreme terseness
  • defining its primitives over arrays

  • the use of [:SpecialCharacters:special glyphs] to denote its primitive functions

  • extensive use of higher-order functions

The original APL\1130 spawned [:/AplsAndRelatedLanguages:many APLs and related languages]. It has also exercised a strong influence on wiki:WikiPedia/functional_Programming.

  • [:DiscoveringApl:Discovering APL]

  • [:WhichApl:Which APL?]

  • [:AplHistory:APL's History]

Other sources

CategoryAboutApl

AboutApl (last edited 2009-03-11 09:22:02 by KaiJaeger)