Timeline of influential array languages: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:16, 6 August 2024

The following array family programming languages, and papers describing languages, have had a major influence on commonly-used APLs.

Year	Event
1962	A Programming Language describes Ken Iverson's notation
1966	APL\360 completed and used within IBM
1968	APL\1130 released as an IBM Type-III Library
1970	APL*PLUS is offered by IPSA and STSC as part of a time-sharing service
1971	"A Generalization of APL", Jim Brown's Ph.D. thesis, describes a nested APL which later becomes the basis of APL2
1973	APL.SV introduces shared variables
1976 (approximate)	SHARP APL splits from APL*PLUS
1981	NARS is the first nested APL, and implements ideas from Operators and Functions
1981	SHARP APL adds boxes to the flat array model
1983	Rationalized APL, a paper on Iverson's latest thinking on APL, includes the Rank operator added to SHARP APL later that year
1983	Dyalog APL, based on NARS and the to-be-released APL2, is released
1984	APL2 is IBM's take on nested array programming
1985	A is Arthur Whitney's APL, the first to be based on leading axis theory
1987	A Dictionary of APL describes a precursor to J
1988	A+ adds a GUI to A and replaces it
1990	J is Ken Iverson's new array language, with ASCII characters and based on leading axis theory
1992	K ("K0"), Arthur Whitney's list-based language, first becomes available
1997	Dyalog APL adds dfns
2006	NARS2000, a successor to NARS, is released
2009	VisualAPL is the first .NET-based APL, but soon stops development
2010	APL#, a .NET-based language, is released by Dyalog Ltd., to be abandoned in 2012
2013	GNU APL is the first fully scriptable APL

APL dialects [edit]
Maintained	APL+Win ∙ APL2 ∙ APL64 ∙ APL\iv ∙ Aplette ∙ April ∙ Co-dfns ∙ Dyalog APL ∙ Dyalog APL Vision ∙ dzaima/APL ∙ GNU APL ∙ Kap ∙ NARS2000 ∙ Pometo ∙ TinyAPL
Historical	A Programming Language ∙ A+ (A) ∙ APL# ∙ APL2C ∙ APL\360 ∙ APL/700 ∙ APL\1130 ∙ APL\3000 ∙ APL.68000 ∙ APL*PLUS ∙ APL.jl ∙ APL.SV ∙ APLX ∙ Extended Dyalog APL ∙ Iverson notation ∙ IVSYS/7090 ∙ NARS ∙ ngn/apl ∙ openAPL ∙ Operators and Functions ∙ PAT ∙ Rowan ∙ SAX ∙ SHARP APL ∙ Rationalized APL ∙ VisualAPL (APLNext) ∙ VS APL ∙ York APL
Derivatives	AHPL ∙ BQN ∙ CoSy ∙ ELI ∙ Glee ∙ I ∙ Ivy ∙ J ∙ Jelly ∙ K (Goal, Klong, Q) ∙ KamilaLisp ∙ Lang5 ∙ Lil ∙ Nial ∙ RAD ∙ Uiua
Overviews	Comparison of APL dialects ∙ Timeline of array languages ∙ Timeline of influential array languages ∙ Family tree of array languages

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-| 1976 || [[VS APL]] is [[IBM]]'s first APL to interact with the host system
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 | 1976 (approximate) || [[SHARP APL]] splits from [[APL*PLUS]]
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-| 1981 || [[NARS]] is the first [[Nested array model|nested]] APL
+| 1981 || [[NARS]] is the first [[Nested array model|nested]] APL, and implements ideas from [[Operators and Functions]]
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 | 1981 || [[SHARP APL]] adds [[box]]es to the [[flat array model]]
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 | 2013 || [[GNU APL]] is the first fully [[wikipedia:Scripting language|scriptable]] APL
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-| 2014 || [[Dyalog APL]] adds [[train]]s
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 == See also ==
 * [[Timeline of array languages]]
+* [[Timeline of APL primitives]]
 * [[Genealogy of array languages]]
-{{APL dialects}}[[Category:Timelines]][[Category:APL history]][[Category:Lists of languages]]
+{{APL dialects}}[[Category:Timelines]][[Category:Lists of languages]]