attachment:laugh.jpg Kenneth E. Iverson |
The APLs go back to the origins of computer science and form an alternative tradition within it, about as old as object-oriented programming.
[:DiscoveringApl:Discovering APL], from [http://www.vector.org.uk/ Vector], the journal of the British APL Association
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_programming_language Wikipedia article on APL]
[http://www.vector.org.uk/typography/pview.htm A personal view of APL] by K.E. Iverson
[http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/APL-hist.html A personal history of APL] by Micheal S. Montalbano
[http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/APL_Acknowledgements APL Acknowledgements]
[http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/APL_Chronology Chronology of APL development]
[http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/A_Source_Book_in_APL A Source Book in APL]
[http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/APL_Developers_Photo APL Developers Photo]