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== What is APL? == | == What is APL? == | ||
The APL Wiki is focused on APL, which is somewhat problematic because APL has no agreed-upon definition. We might say in a strict sense that APL, or "an APL", is a programming language that encodes [[Iverson notation]] in a text-based and machine-executable form, using the conventions established by the first such language, [[APL\360]]. However, because the APL Wiki should serve even remote corners of the APL world, we would like to take a broader definition of APL that also includes | The APL Wiki is focused on APL, which is somewhat problematic because APL has no agreed-upon definition. We might say in a strict sense that APL, or "an APL", is a programming language that encodes [[Iverson notation]] in a text-based and machine-executable form, using the conventions established by the first such language to be broadly available, [[APL\360]]. However, because the APL Wiki should serve even remote corners of the APL world, we would like to take a broader definition of APL that also includes later developments that some people consider part of APL and some don't. Other definitions of APL or APL features might include: | ||
* The original [[IBM]] implementation of APL, [[APL\360]] | * The original [[IBM]] implementation of APL, [[APL\360]] | ||
* [[Ken Iverson]]'s ideas of what APL should look like, realised in [[APL\360]], [[SHARP APL]], [[Rationalized APL]], [[A Dictionary of APL]], and [[J]] | * [[Ken Iverson]]'s ideas of what APL should look like, realised in [[APL\360]], [[SHARP APL]], [[Rationalized APL]], [[A Dictionary of APL]], and [[J]] | ||