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Compiling into APL

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ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad, Volume 12, Issue 1

Pages 205 - 211

https://doi.org/10.1145/390007.805360

Published: 01 September 1981 Publication History

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In some programming situations APL code can become as obtuse as that of other languages. One possible way to deal with such instances is to create a high-order programming language (HOPL) which provides an easy-to-code, easy-to-maintain structure and which may be compiled straight-forwardly into APL functions for execution.

Since the HOPL is designed for relatively narrow fields of use, it can be tailored directly to the problem which it solves. Two of the areas where the HOPL concept has proven useful are implementation of a simple, interactive graphics system and selection of data records from a database. We draw examples from these areas to discuss the concept and use of HOPL's.

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Compiling into APL
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Compilers
      1. Source code generation
    2. General programming languages
      1. 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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Published: 01 September 1981

Published in SIGAPL Volume 12, Issue 1

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