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== Cellular APL Computer == | == Cellular APL Computer == | ||
[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1671509 System Design of a Cellular APL Computer], written in April 1970 by Kenneth J. Thurber and John W. Myrna, is a paper describing a possible general design for a computer which implements a dialect of APL as its machine language. The purpose of the design was to take advantage of the inherent parallelism in APL by being flexible enough to operate on entire arrays. The design was built to be cellular, meaning that each component would handle a separate part of the APL logic. | [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1671509 System Design of a Cellular APL Computer], written in April 1970 by Kenneth J. Thurber and John W. Myrna, is a paper describing a possible general design for a computer which implements a dialect of APL as its machine language. The purpose of the design was to take advantage of the inherent parallelism in APL by being flexible enough to operate on entire arrays. The design was built to be cellular, meaning that each component would handle a separate part of the APL logic. | ||
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This paper does not outline floating point arithmetic. Many functions may be missing because floating point arithmetic has not been defined. | This paper does not outline floating point arithmetic. Many functions may be missing because floating point arithmetic has not been defined. | ||
== All Applications Digital Computer === | == All Applications Digital Computer === | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
The [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/raytheon/military/aadc/The_All_Application_Digital_Computer_Nov73.pdf All Applications Digital Computer] (AADC) is a paper written by Stanley M. Nissen and Steven J. Wallach in 1973 detailing a modular computer architecture which can process APL natively. | The [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/raytheon/military/aadc/The_All_Application_Digital_Computer_Nov73.pdf All Applications Digital Computer] (AADC) is a paper written by Stanley M. Nissen and Steven J. Wallach in 1973 detailing a modular computer architecture which can process APL natively. | ||