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:''This page describes the array datatype as defined by array languages. For the role of arrays in [[APL syntax]], see [[Array]].''

The distinguishing feature of APL and the array language family is its focus on '''arrays'''. In most array languages the array is the only first class datatype. While this sounds like a very strict model of language design, in fact it imposes no restrictions at all: any kind of data can be treated as a [[scalar]], or array with rank 0!

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			:''This page describes the array datatype as defined by array languages. For the role of arrays in [[APL syntax]], see [[Array]].''

	The distinguishing feature of APL and the array language family is its focus on '''arrays'''. In most array languages the array is the only first class datatype. While this sounds like a very strict model of language design, in fact it imposes no restrictions at all: any kind of data can be treated as a [[scalar]], or array with rank 0!		The distinguishing feature of APL and the array language family is its focus on '''arrays'''. In most array languages the array is the only first class datatype. While this sounds like a very strict model of language design, in fact it imposes no restrictions at all: any kind of data can be treated as a [[scalar]], or array with rank 0!

Array model: Difference between revisions

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