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== Unique features == | == Unique features == | ||
Despite its similarity However, it also differed in quite a few details:<ref>[wikipedia:Burroughs Corporation|Burroughs Corporation]]. [http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl/Manuals/APL700UserReferenceManual User Reference Manual] (5000813). 1975.</ref> | Despite its similarity However, it also differed in quite a few details:<ref>[[wikipedia:Burroughs Corporation|Burroughs Corporation]]. [http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl/Manuals/APL700UserReferenceManual User Reference Manual] (5000813). 1975.</ref> | ||
* The statement separator was a semicolon (<source lang=apl inline>;</source>) rather than the conventional diamond <source lang=apl inline>⋄</source> and statements in such a so-called ''list'' were evaluated from right to left, much as if the semicolon was the Left [[identity]] function (<source lang=apl inline>⊣</source>). | * The statement separator was a semicolon (<source lang=apl inline>;</source>) rather than the conventional diamond <source lang=apl inline>⋄</source> and statements in such a so-called ''list'' were evaluated from right to left, much as if the semicolon was the Left [[identity]] function (<source lang=apl inline>⊣</source>). | ||
* In primitive pairs with both a last and first [[axis]] version, for example <source lang=apl inline>/</source> vs <source lang=apl inline>⌿</source> and <source lang=apl inline>⌽</source> vs <source lang=apl inline>⊖</source>, the first axis version would use the [[function axis]] syntax to indicate the applicable axis counted from the ''last'' axis rather than from the first axis. For example <source lang=apl inline>⊖[1]</source> was equivalent to <source lang=apl inline>⌽</source> just like <source lang=apl inline>⌽[1]</source> was equivalent to <source lang=apl inline>⊖</source>. | * In primitive pairs with both a last and first [[axis]] version, for example <source lang=apl inline>/</source> vs <source lang=apl inline>⌿</source> and <source lang=apl inline>⌽</source> vs <source lang=apl inline>⊖</source>, the first axis version would use the [[function axis]] syntax to indicate the applicable axis counted from the ''last'' axis rather than from the first axis. For example <source lang=apl inline>⊖[1]</source> was equivalent to <source lang=apl inline>⌽</source> just like <source lang=apl inline>⌽[1]</source> was equivalent to <source lang=apl inline>⊖</source>. | ||