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Many programming language manuals start by showing how easy it is to write a "Hello world" program in that language. In APL we pride ourselves with the shortest ... start APL and type:

'Hello World'

Aplers are used to the idea of using the session as an input/output interface. The rest of the world might not consider that this qualifies as a program. In mswindows for instance a program might be defined as something we can call from the Run... dialog box or set up as a shortcut on the desktop.

To get our program into a state where we can do that requires a choice between a number of alternative routes only one of which will actually use the session.

Here are a few possible approaches:

CategoryHelloWorld CategoryDyalog

HelloWorld (last edited 2017-02-16 18:45:23 by KaiJaeger)