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Many participants arrive as complete beginners when it comes to APL, some not even knowing what APL is. Instead, they are attracted by the room being among the most active on Stack Exchange. Other participants are APL veterans. [[Morten Kromberg]] has written a [[blogs|blog]] post about the chat room, focusing on Dyalog Ltd.'s relationship with newcomers and established users.<ref>[[Morten Kromberg]]. [https://www.dyalog.com/blog/2021/02/the-apl-orchard/ The APL Orchard]. [[Dyalog Ltd.|Dyalog]] Blog. 21 February 2021.</ref>
Many participants arrive as complete beginners when it comes to APL, some not even knowing what APL is. Instead, they are attracted by the room being among the most active on Stack Exchange. Other participants are APL veterans. [[Morten Kromberg]] has written a [[blogs|blog]] post about the chat room, focusing on Dyalog Ltd.'s relationship with newcomers and established users.<ref>[[Morten Kromberg]]. [https://www.dyalog.com/blog/2021/02/the-apl-orchard/ The APL Orchard]. [[Dyalog Ltd.|Dyalog]] Blog. 21 February 2021.</ref>
 
[[File:APL Orchard list.png|thumb|right|Community ad for the APL Orchard on [[Code golf|Code Golf]] Stack Exchange.]]
== Access ==
== Access ==
[[File:Generic avatar.png|thumb|right|The giant avatar]]
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Some abbreviations are ubiquitous, like ''TMN'' for ''[[Comparison with traditional mathematics|Traditional Mathematical Notation]]'', and ''CMC'' for ''Chat Mini Challenge'' which usually implies an informal [[code golf]] competition. Additional terms an abbreviations are shared with [https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12537/what-are-our-specific-abbreviations-and-terms/12538#12538 those of the Stack Exchange code golf community]. When posting such a chat mini challenge, the task specification is prefaced with the markdown <source lang=md inline>**CMC:**</source>, rendering the text in bold.
Some abbreviations are ubiquitous, like ''TMN'' for ''[[Comparison with traditional mathematics|Traditional Mathematical Notation]]'', and ''CMC'' for ''Chat Mini Challenge'' which usually implies an informal [[code golf]] competition. Additional terms an abbreviations are shared with [https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12537/what-are-our-specific-abbreviations-and-terms/12538#12538 those of the Stack Exchange code golf community]. When posting such a chat mini challenge, the task specification is prefaced with the markdown <source lang=md inline>**CMC:**</source>, rendering the text in bold.


Some use a reply of <source lang=md inline>+←1</source> to indicate agreement or appreciation,<ref>Thus is a pun on the APL expression <source lang=apl inline>counter+←1</source> increasing the counter (of "likes") by one.</ref> similar to how "+1" or "👍" is used in other social media.
Some use a reply of <source lang=md inline>+←1</source> to indicate agreement or appreciation,<ref>This is a pun on the APL expression <source lang=apl inline>counter+←1</source> increasing the counter (of "likes") by one.</ref> similar to how "+1" or "👍" is used in other social media.


=== Emoticons ===
=== Emoticons ===

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