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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]
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]
   
   
[http://misc.aplteam.com/robertson/APL3&4.pdf Download as a free PDF]
[http://robertson.uk.net/Files/APL3&4.pdf Download as a free PDF]


=== APL2 at a Glance ===
=== APL2 at a Glance ===
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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]
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]
The book is available 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].


This book is an excellent introduction into APL2-like dialects: APL2, APL+Win, Dyalog.
This book is an excellent introduction into APL2-like dialects: APL2, APL+Win, Dyalog.

Revision as of 08:02, 30 June 2021

Mastering Dyalog APL book cover

English language books by publishing date.

Introductions

Mastering Dyalog APL

By Bernard Legrand, 2009.

ISBN-13: 978-0-9564638-0-7

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, including in the form of interactive Jupyter noteboks is available.

Available from Amazon

The book is available as a free downloadable PDF from the Dyalog website.

The companion files are available on GitHub.

A Practical Introduction to APL 1 & APL 2

By Graeme Robertson, 2008

ISBN-10: 0952416719

ISBN-13: 978-0952416715

Available from Amazon

Download as a free PDF

A Practical Introduction to APL 3 & APL 4

By Graeme Robertson, 2008

ISBN-10: 0952416727

ISBN-13: 978-0952416722

Available from Amazon

Download as a free PDF

APL2 at a Glance

By James A. Brown, Sandra Pakin, and Raymond P. Polivka, 1988

Available from Amazon

The book is available for free in various online and downloadable formats at the Internet Archive.

This book is an excellent introduction into APL2-like dialects: APL2, APL+Win, Dyalog.

ISBN-10: 0130386707

ISBN-13: 978-0130386700

Others

System Building with APL+WIN

By AjayAskoolum, 2006

Available from Amazon

ISBN-10: 0470030208

ISBN-13: 978-0470030202

APL2 in Depth

By Norman D. Thomson and Raymond P. Polivka, 1995

Available from Amazon

This book addresses the advanced programmer. Read this after APL2 at a glance, for example.

ISBN-10: 0387942130

ISBN-13: 978-0387942131

APL with a Mathematical Accent

By Reiter, C.A. and Jones, W.R, 1990

Discusses the fundamentals of APL and also provides examples from matrix algebra, Monte Carlo simulation and statistics.

ISBN-10: 0534128645

ISBN-13: 978-0534128647

Available from Amazon

APL ― An Interactive Approach

By Leonard Gilman and Allen J. Rose

One of the most influential and widely used introductions to APL and time-sharing. A nice introduction to APL driven by interactive examples.

OpenLibrary: OL5049907M

Available in print from Amazon or online from Computer History Museum's Software Preservation Group.

Introduction to College Mathematics with A Programming Language

LeCuyer, Edward J. Introduction to College Mathematics with A Programming Language. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1978. Print. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. ISBN 978-0-387-90280-7


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