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'''APL\1130''' was a reimplementation of [[APL\360]] for the [[wikipedia:IBM 1130|IBM 1130]] minicomputer, a less expensive and smaller computer than the [[wikipedia:System/360|System/360]] mainframe. Released in 1968, it became the most popular [[wikipedia:IBM Type-III Library|IBM Type-III Library]] that IBM released,<ref name="how">[[Larry Breed]]. ''[http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10001190 How We Got To APL\1130]''. [[Vector journal]] vol. 22 no. 3. 2006-08.</ref> contributing to the success of [[APL69|the first APL conference]].<ref name="foster">[[Ray Polivka]] and Jon McGrew. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/216800.216805 "A Quote Quad Interview: Garth Foster"]. [[APL Quote Quad]] Volume 26 Number 1. 1995-09.</ref>
'''APL\1130''' was a reimplementation of [[APL\360]] for the [[wikipedia:IBM 1130|IBM 1130]] minicomputer, a less expensive and smaller computer than the [[wikipedia:System/360|System/360]] mainframe. Released in 1968, APL\1130 was the first publicly available APL system ([[APL\360]], while implemented in 1966, was published later that year).<ref>[[Adin Falkoff]]. [https://doi.org/10.1145/800012.808128 "APL\360 History"] ([https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/apl360history.htm web]) at [[APL69]].</ref> It became the most popular [[wikipedia:IBM Type-III Library|IBM Type-III Library]] that IBM released,<ref name="how">[[Larry Breed]]. ''[http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10001190 How We Got To APL\1130]''. [[Vector journal]] vol. 22 no. 3. 2006-08.</ref> contributing to the success of [[APL69|the first APL conference]].<ref name="foster">[[Ray Polivka]] and Jon McGrew. [https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/216800.216805 "A Quote Quad Interview: Garth Foster"]. [[APL Quote Quad]] Volume 26 Number 1. 1995-09.</ref>


== Implementation ==
== Implementation ==

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