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APL
ISO 8485
(APL) A programming language designed originally by
Ken Iverson at Harvard University in 1957-1960 as a notation
for the concise expression of mathematical algorithms. It
went unnamed (or just called Iverson's Language) and
unimplemented for many years. Finally a subset, APL\360, was
implemented in 1964.
APL is an interactive array-oriented language and programming
environment with many innovative features. It was originally
written using a non-standard character set. It is
dynamically typed with dynamic scope. APL introduced
several functional forms but is not purely functional.
Dyalog APL/W and Visual APL are recognized .NET languages.
Dyalog APL/W, APLX and APL2000 all offer object-oriented
extensions to the language.
ISO 8485 is the 1989 standard defining the language.
Commercial versions: APL SV, VS APL, Sharp APL, Sharp APL/PC,
APL*PLUS, APL*PLUS/PC, APL*PLUS/PC II, MCM APL, Honeyapple,
DEC APL, {APL+Win, APL+Linux, APL+Unix and VisualAPL
(http://www.apl2000.com/)}, {Dyalog APL
(http://www.dyalog.com/)}, {IBM APL2
(http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/apl/)}, {APLX
(http://www.microapl.co.uk/apl/)}, {Sharp APL
(http://www.soliton.com/services_sharp.html)}
Open source version: NARS2000 (http://www.nars2000.org/).
APL wiki (http://aplwiki.com/).
See also Kamin's interpreters.
APLWEB (http://www.microapl.co.uk/apl/) translates WEB to
APL.
["A Programming Language", Kenneth E. Iverson, Wiley, 1962].
["APL: An Interactive Approach", 1976].
(2009-08-11)
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