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APL is using a special character set instead of keywords. For details look at SpecialCharacters. 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:WikiPedia:Kenneth_E._Iverson 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 functional programming].


== Other sources ==
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 * [http://elliscave.com/APL_J/tool.pdf Notation as a Tool of Thought] K.E. Iverson's 1979 Turing Award lecture  * [http://elliscave.com/APL_J/tool.pdf Notation as a Tool of Thought] K.E. Iverson's 1979 Turing Award lecture (see also ClassicPapers)
 * AplHistory

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CategoryAboutApl

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 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 functional programming].

Other sources

CategoryAboutApl

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