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This notation was used inside IBM for short research reports on computer systems, such as the Burroughs B5000 and its stack mechanism when stack machines versus register machines were being evaluated by IBM for upcoming computers. | This notation was used inside IBM for short research reports on computer systems, such as the Burroughs B5000 and its stack mechanism when stack machines versus register machines were being evaluated by IBM for upcoming computers. | ||
Iverson also used his notation in a draft of the chapter A Programming Language, written for a book he was writing with Fred Brooks, Automatic Data Processing, which would be published in 1963. | Iverson also used his notation in a draft of the chapter [[A Programming Language]], written for a book he was writing with Fred Brooks, Automatic Data Processing, which would be published in 1963. Based on this, [[Larry Breed]] and [[Phil Abrams]] implemented the first interpreter, and it eventually was named ''A.P.L.'', acronymising the title from the book. | ||
In 1979, Iverson received the Turing Award for his work on APL. | In 1979, Iverson received the Turing Award for his work on APL. | ||
{{APL programming language}} | {{APL programming language}} | ||