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In 1995, two of the development team — [[John Scholes]] and [[Peter Donnelly]] — were awarded the [[Iverson Award]] for their work on the interpreter. [[Gitte Christensen]] and [[Morten Kromberg]] were joint recipients of the Iverson Award in 2016. | In 1995, two of the development team — [[John Scholes]] and [[Peter Donnelly]] — were awarded the [[Iverson Award]] for their work on the interpreter. [[Gitte Christensen]] and [[Morten Kromberg]] were joint recipients of the Iverson Award in 2016. | ||
Dyalog APL is unique among commercial APLs in getting additional primitives and constructs. The most important | Dyalog APL is unique among commercial APLs in getting additional primitives and constructs. The most important novel extension to the original APL language include: | ||
* 1983: | * 1983: Naming derived functions (<code>sum←+⌿</code>) | ||
* 1990: Namespaces | * 1990: Namespaces (<code>MyUtils.Fun args</code>) | ||
* 1995: [[Control structures|Keywords]] (If/Then/Else, Repeat/Until, exception handling, and so on) | * 1995: [[Control structures|Keywords]] (If/Then/Else, Repeat/Until, exception handling, and so on) | ||
* 1996: Functional programming: [[dfns]] provide lexical scope and | * 1996: Functional programming: [[dfn|dfns]] provide lexical scope and lambda-style expressions | ||
* 2006: [[Object orientated programming]], allowing integration with OO frameworks and Microsoft .NET | * 2006: [[Object orientated programming]], allowing integration with OO frameworks and Microsoft .NET | ||
* 2014: | * 2014: [[Tacit]] syntax similar to that of [[J]] (<code>+⌿÷≢</code>) | ||
* 2014: Futures and isolates for [[parallel programming|Parallel computing]] | * 2014: Futures and isolates for [[parallel programming|Parallel computing]] | ||