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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 {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

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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 

== Further reading ==
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