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APL is a programming language developed in the 1960s by Kenneth E. Iverson. Its central datatype is the multidimensional array. It uses a large range of special graphic symbols to represent most functions and operators, leading to very concise code. It has been an important influence on the development of concept modeling, spreadsheets, functional programming, and computer math packages. It has also inspired several other programming languages. Wikipedia

Created Year: 1966
Designed by: Kenneth E. Iverson
Developed by: IBMKenneth E. IversonLawrence M. Breed
Aliases: APL language, A Programming Language, Array Processing Language, APL programming language, APL\360, APL (language), A programming language, APL programming language family, X3J10

Wikidata: Q296187

Influenced: BQNDADiSPForthGoJKNialPerl Data LanguagePythonRakuWolfram Language

Programming paradigms: array programmingfunctional programmingmodular programmingstructured programming

Language types: array programming languagefunctional programming languageinterpreted languagemodular programming languagemulti-paradigm programming languagestructured programming language

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