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'''The APL Orchard''' (website: [https://apl.chat apl.chat]) is a [[wikipedia:Stack Exchange|Stack Exchange]] chat room dedicated to learn and teach APL, and to ask and answer questions about both golfing and general coding in APL. It was opened by [[Adám Brudzewsky]] on January 24, 2017, and has since developed its own community | '''The APL Orchard''' (website: [https://apl.chat apl.chat]) is a [[wikipedia:Stack Exchange|Stack Exchange]] chat room dedicated to learn and teach APL, and to ask and answer questions about both golfing and general coding in APL. It was opened by [[Adám Brudzewsky]] on January 24, 2017, and has since developed its own community. It was at one point the most active APL chat room, with over 1.000 messages per week. It passed a total of a 100.000 messages by 200 users in July 2020, 150.000 messages by 250 users in February 2021, and reached 300 users in August 2021. Code can be executed directly in the chat room. | ||
Many participants arrive as complete beginners when it comes to APL, some not even knowing what APL is. Instead, they are attracted by the room being among the most active on Stack Exchange. Other participants are APL veterans. [[Morten Kromberg]] has written a [[blogs|blog]] post about the chat room, focusing on Dyalog Ltd.'s relationship with newcomers and established users.<ref>[[Morten Kromberg]]. [https://www.dyalog.com/blog/2021/02/the-apl-orchard/ The APL Orchard]. [[Dyalog Ltd.|Dyalog]] Blog. 21 February 2021.</ref> | Many participants arrive as complete beginners when it comes to APL, some not even knowing what APL is. Instead, they are attracted by the room being among the most active on Stack Exchange. Other participants are APL veterans. [[Morten Kromberg]] has written a [[blogs|blog]] post about the chat room, focusing on Dyalog Ltd.'s relationship with newcomers and established users.<ref>[[Morten Kromberg]]. [https://www.dyalog.com/blog/2021/02/the-apl-orchard/ The APL Orchard]. [[Dyalog Ltd.|Dyalog]] Blog. 21 February 2021.</ref> | ||