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== Introductions == | == Introductions == | ||
=== Learning APL === | |||
By [[User:Xpqz|Stefan Kruger]], Computational Array and Magic, 2021. | |||
An introduction to APL for experienced practitioners of different programming languages. lays bare fundamental concepts first, and then teaches by example. [https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl Available online], and for download as PDF or in interactive Jupyter Notebooks form. | |||
Published under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License]. | |||
=== Mastering Dyalog APL === | === Mastering Dyalog APL === | ||
By Bernard Legrand, 2009. | By Bernard Legrand, 2009. | ||
An up-to-date introduction into [[Dyalog APL]]. Although the book was written when version 12.0 was current, most examples will work with older versions of Dyalog as well. A work-in-progress reworked version, is [https://mastering.dyalog.com available online], and for download as PDF or interactive Jupyter Notebook form. | |||
Available in print from [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Dyalog-APL-Complete-Introduction/dp/0956463800/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267431987&sr=8-1 Amazon]. This version is also available as a [https://www.dyalog.com/mastering-dyalog-apl.htm free downloadable PDF]. | |||
The companion files are available [https://github.com/mhaupt/mastering_dyalog_apl on GitHub]. | |||
ISBN-13: 978-0-9564638-0-7 | |||
=== A Practical Introduction to APL 1 & APL 2 === | === A Practical Introduction to APL 1 & APL 2 === | ||
By Graeme Robertson, 2008 | By Graeme Robertson, 2008 | ||
Available from [http://www.amazon.co.uk/APL-Introduction-Graeme-Donald-Robertson/dp/0952416719/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1233844677&sr=11-1 Amazon] and as [http://robertson.uk.net/Files/APL1&2.pdf a free PDF]. | |||
ISBN-10: 0952416719<br> | |||
ISBN-13: 978-0952416715 | ISBN-13: 978-0952416715 | ||
=== A Practical Introduction to APL 3 & APL 4 === | === A Practical Introduction to APL 3 & APL 4 === | ||
By Graeme Robertson, 2008 | By Graeme Robertson, 2008 | ||
Available from [http://www.amazon.co.uk/APL-Introduction-Graeme-Donald-Robertson/dp/0952416727/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1233844796&sr=11-1 Amazon] and as [http://robertson.uk.net/Files/APL3&4.pdf a free PDF]. | |||
ISBN-10: 0952416727<br> | |||
ISBN-13: 978-0952416722 | ISBN-13: 978-0952416722 | ||
=== APL2 at a Glance === | === APL2 at a Glance === | ||
By James A. Brown, Sandra Pakin, and Raymond P. Polivka, 1988 | By James A. Brown, Sandra Pakin, and Raymond P. Polivka, 1988 | ||
An excellent introduction into [[APL2]] and similar dialects, like APL2, [[APL+Win]], [[APLX]], [[GNU APL]], and [[Dyalog APL]]. | |||
Available from [http://www.amazon.co.uk/P-L-Glance/dp/0130386707/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250747744&sr=1-1 Amazon] and for free in various online and downloadable formats [https://archive.org/details/apl-2-at-a-glance-brown-pakin-polivka/page/n5/mode/2up at the Internet Archive]. | |||
ISBN-10: 0130386707<br> | |||
ISBN-13: 978-0130386700 | ISBN-13: 978-0130386700 | ||