APL logo: Difference between revisions

As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, APL does not have a logo like many other programming languages do. After a consensus at their September 9th 2021 [[BAA webinar|webinar]], [[BAA]] will head an effort to adopt a universal [[vendor]]-agnostic logo for APL. This article collects draft proposals for the universal APL logo. Feel free to [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit&section=1}} add your own].

To leave feedback on or ideas for the existing proposals, see the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|Discussion page]].

== Proposals ==

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This is a cube, which is a common APL motif, e.g. used for [[APL2]] (including the book [[Books#APL2_at_a_Glance|APL2 at a glance]]), [[APL*PLUS]] and [[Dyalog APL]]. However, one quarter has been modified to resemble a leaf, thus making the cube into an [[apple]], another common association with APL. The leaf is supposed to hint at the [[Del]] which symbolises [[function]] definition and has been used in application icons for [[APL+]] and [[APLX]]. The green colours come from [[IBM]]'s modern '''Carbon''' design to honour IBM's role APL's history. The lettering spells out "APL" while also hinting at APL's usage of special [[glyphs]]; here <code>⍝⍴⌊</code> which look very close to the forms found in the widespread ''APL385 Unicode'' [[font]].

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This logo is a reinterpretation based on the classic APL [[apple]] with the leaf styled as a filled [[Del]] which symbolises [[function]] definition and has been used in application icons for [[APL+]] and [[APLX]]. The green colour comes from [[IBM]]'s modern '''Carbon''' design to honour IBM's role APL's history. The apple is subdivided into a rectangular pattern which is supposed to invoke a [[matrix]] and  the middle row in turn holds three 4-row, 3-column [[Boolean]] matrices to spell out "APL" as bitmaps. This matrix of matrices hints at APL's multi-dimensional [[nested array]]s. The logo exists in various variations, and each comes has a version for light backgrounds and one for dark backgrounds.

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This [[apple]] logo is a basic update of [[IBM]]'s classic "I like APL" promotional, but with the leaf styled as a filled [[Del]] which symbolises [[function]] definition and has been used in application icons for [[APL+]] and [[APLX]].  The colours comes from [[IBM]]'s modern '''Carbon''' design to honour IBM's role APL's history. The script lettering commemorates APL's origins as handwritten notation and at the same time symbolises the ease with which APL is written. On dark backgrounds, the lettering would be produced in white rather than black. The logo also exists as a filled green version.

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This is Jon McGrew's reworks of an original design by Joseph DeKerf that used the [[wikipedia:ITC Avant Garde|ITC Avant Garde]] font. The original is arguably ambiguously APL/ALP, hence the alternative versions.

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This is the output from the classic <source lang=apl inline>DISPLAY</source> function when applied to the matrix <source lang=apl inline>1 3⍴APL</source>.