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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 WikiPedia:Kenneth_E._Iverson. 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 [[WikiPedia:Kenneth_E._Iverson | Kenneth E. Iverson]].

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 Kenneth E. Iverson.

It is distinguished by

  • extreme terseness
  • defining its primitives over arrays

  • the use of special glyphs to denote its primitive functions

  • extensive use of higher-order functions

The original APL\1130 spawned many APLs and related languages. It has also exercised a strong influence on functional_Programming.

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