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* <source lang=apl inline>⊢>+⌿÷≢</source>: This [[monadic]] [[train]] indicates [[element]]s that are "[[greater than]] average" or "above [[Simple_examples#Tacit_programming|average]]" and is used as catch phrase by [[Richard Park]] and [[Aaron Hsu]].<ref>[[Aaron Hsu]]. [https://www.bonfire.com/above-average/ Above Average] shirts. Bonfire web store.</ref> | * <source lang=apl inline>⊢>+⌿÷≢</source>: This [[monadic]] [[train]] indicates [[element]]s that are "[[greater than]] average" or "above [[Simple_examples#Tacit_programming|average]]" and is used as catch phrase by [[Richard Park]] and [[Aaron Hsu]].<ref>[[Aaron Hsu]]. [https://www.bonfire.com/above-average/ Above Average] shirts. Bonfire web store.</ref> | ||
[[File:APLcart logo.png|thumb|right|The APLcart logo explained as a shopping cart.]] | |||
== Glyph art == | == Glyph art == | ||
As with [[wikipedia:ASCII art|ASCII art]], APL | As with [[wikipedia:ASCII art|ASCII art]], APL [[glyph]]s are often used to draw pictures. | ||
* [[wikipedia:Nativity scene|Nativity scene]]:<source lang=apl> | * [[wikipedia:Nativity scene|Nativity scene]]:<source lang=apl> | ||
⍟ | ⍟ | ||
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(⍷_/ | (⍷_/ | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
* The [[APLcart]] logo is a stylised profile view of a [[wikipedia:|shopping cart]] in the form of the two glyphs Left-shoe Underbar and Upstile: <source lang=apl inline>⊆⌈</source> | |||
[[File:How X sees Y.png|thumb|right|APL vs J vs K]] | [[File:How X sees Y.png|thumb|right|APL vs J vs K]] | ||
== Comparison of dialects == | == Comparison of dialects == | ||
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* In 2017, as an [[wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day]] joke, [[Dyalog Ltd.]] announced "a final improvement" to the "otherwise deprecated language feature", [[Branch]], which would make it sensitive to the selected index origin. Such a change would cause a great many existing programs to break. | * In 2017, as an [[wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day]] joke, [[Dyalog Ltd.]] announced "a final improvement" to the "otherwise deprecated language feature", [[Branch]], which would make it sensitive to the selected index origin. Such a change would cause a great many existing programs to break. | ||
* [[Nick Nickolov]] has created an interactive form that claims to be an | * [[Nick Nickolov]] has created an interactive form that claims to be an [https://ngn.codeberg.page/funny/reg.html Array Language Implementation Permission Request] addressed to the fictitious ''Ministry of Vector Processing'' and contains many in-jokes for APL [[language developers]].<ref>[[Nick Nickolov]]. Chat message {{m|57121910}}. [[APL Orchard]]. 21 Feb 2021.</ref> | ||
* This poem of unknown origin has been circulating the internet:<ref>Dyalog Blog. [https://www.dyalog.com/blog/poetry/ Poetry]. Undated. Retrieved 29 Oct 2021.</ref><blockquote>'Tis the dream of each programmer,<br>Before his life is done,<br>To write three lines of APL,<br>And make the damn things run.</blockquote> | * This poem of unknown origin has been circulating the internet:<ref>Dyalog Blog. [https://www.dyalog.com/blog/poetry/ Poetry]. Undated. Retrieved 29 Oct 2021.</ref><blockquote>'Tis the dream of each programmer,<br>Before his life is done,<br>To write three lines of APL,<br>And make the damn things run.</blockquote> | ||