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| * [http://www.microapl.co.uk/apl/APL1_2.PDF A Practical Introduction to APL1 and APL2]; Graeme Robertson * [http://www.dogon.myzen.co.uk/APL/Primer/Introduction.html Dyalog Primer]; Dick Bowman |
* [http://www.microapl.co.uk/apl/APL1_2.PDF A Practical Introduction to APL1 and APL2]; Graeme Robertson. A comprehensive APL course which mirrors the evolution of APL. * [http://www.dogon.myzen.co.uk/APL/Primer/Introduction.html Dyalog Primer]; Dick Bowman. A series of try/discuss/practice pages which tour Dyalog APL as of early 2008. |
APL Primers and Tutorials
APL is more expressive than many programming languages and started from a consistent and coherent design philosophy. But it is inescapably "different" from the majority of programming languages which can make it harder for the beginner to get a quick graps of what is and is not achievable using APL.
APL is its own best teacher - the try/see nature of the APL session is an excellent environment. But it is good to be taken for some sort of guided tour.
Many of the standard texts are old and/or hard to obtain. There are a number of more recent tutorials and primers available on the Web...
[http://www.microapl.co.uk/apl/APL1_2.PDF A Practical Introduction to APL1 and APL2]; Graeme Robertson. A comprehensive APL course which mirrors the evolution of APL.
[http://www.dogon.myzen.co.uk/APL/Primer/Introduction.html Dyalog Primer]; Dick Bowman. A series of try/discuss/practice pages which tour Dyalog APL as of early 2008.