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APL is using a special character set instead of keywords. For details look at SpecialCharacters. = About APL =
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 * [wiki:WikiPedia/APL_programming_language Wikipedia article on APL]
 * [http://home.earthlink.net/~swsirlin/apl.faq.html Sam Sirlin's APL FAQ]
 * [http://elliscave.com/APL_J/tool.pdf Notation as a Tool of Thought] K.E. Iverson's 1979 Turing Award lecture		 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]].

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 WikiPedia:functional_Programming.

== Related articles ==

 * [[DiscoveringApl|Discovering APL]]
 * [[WhichApl|Which APL?]]
 * [[AplHistory|APL's History]]


== Other sources ==

 * [[WikiPedia:APL_programming_language|Wikipedia]]
 * [[http://home.earthlink.net/~swsirlin/apl.faq.html|Sam Sirlin's APL FAQ]]
 * [[http://elliscave.com/APL_J/tool.pdf|Notation as a Tool of Thought]] K.E. Iverson's 1979 Turing Award lecture (see also ClassicPapers)


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CategoryAboutApl

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.

Other sources

CategoryAboutApl

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