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Generic functions by nonstandard name scoping in APL

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James T. KajiyaAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad, Volume 12, Issue 1

Pages 172 - 179

https://doi.org/10.1145/390007.805354

Published: 01 September 1981 Publication History

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We show how to acheive generic functions as in abstract datatypes (such as the Simula CLASS construct or ADA Package notion) for typeless languages, specifically APL. We do this by altering the standard dynamic scoping of names in APL to a scheme we call downward scoping.

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van Batenburg F(1985)Implicit instead of the explicit copy commandACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/587690.58769616:1(24-26)Online publication date: 1-Sep-1985
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/587690.587696
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Taylor SPuckett T(1983)Function and contextProceedings of the international conference on APL10.1145/800062.801229(285-290)Online publication date: 10-Apr-1983
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Generic functions by nonstandard name scoping in APL
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
        Abstract data types
        Procedures, functions and subroutines
      2. Language types

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ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad Volume 12, Issue 1

September 1981

354 pages

ISSN:0163-6006

DOI:10.1145/390007

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APL '81: Proceedings of the international conference on APL
October 1981
354 pages
ISBN:0897910354
DOI:10.1145/800142
Chairman:
Richard J. Orgass,
Editors:
William L. Anderson,
David G. Smith

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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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van Batenburg F(1985)Implicit instead of the explicit copy commandACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/587690.58769616:1(24-26)Online publication date: 1-Sep-1985
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/587690.587696
Kajiya JPuckett T(1983)Designing and implementing an array theory incorporating abstract datatypesProceedings of the international conference on APL10.1145/800062.801230(291-296)Online publication date: 10-Apr-1983
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/800062.801230
Taylor SPuckett T(1983)Function and contextProceedings of the international conference on APL10.1145/800062.801229(285-290)Online publication date: 10-Apr-1983
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/800062.801229
Kajiya J(1983)Designing and implementing an array theory incorporating abstract datatypesACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/390005.80123013:3(291-296)Online publication date: 1-Mar-1983
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/390005.801230
Taylor S(1983)Function and contextACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/390005.80122913:3(285-290)Online publication date: 1-Mar-1983
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Ruehr KBergen MJanko WKöhler CWaller K(1982)A survey of extensions to APLProceedings of the international conference on APL10.1145/800071.802257(277-314)Online publication date: 26-Jul-1982
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Ruehr K(1982)A survey of extensions to APLACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/390006.80225713:1(277-314)Online publication date: 26-Jul-1982
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/390006.802257

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