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Should APL be a declining language?

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ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad, Volume 12, Issue 1

Pages 83 - 88

https://doi.org/10.1145/390007.805339

Published: 01 September 1981 Publication History

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The evolution of computer languages is compared with the evolution of natural languages. This suggests that APL might one day evolve to, or be replaced by, a non-declining form having only one basic syntax and only one class of object—as LISP has today. These “generalized objects” would embrace files, functions, and workspaces as we now know them. Such objects might be nested arrays with extended indexing and added features for sharing and access control.

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Girardot JRollin F(1987)The syntax of APL, an old approach revisitedACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/384282.2837117:4(441-449)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1987
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/384282.28371
Girardot JRollin F(1987)The syntax of APL, an old approach revisitedProceedings of the international conference on APL: APL in transition10.1145/28315.28371(441-449)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1987
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/28315.28371
Girardot J(1986)The APL 90 projectProceedings of the international conference on APL: APL and the future10.1145/17701.255321(12-18)Online publication date: 1-Jun-1986
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/17701.255321
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Should APL be a declining language?
1. Information systems
  1. Information storage systems
    1. Record storage systems
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. 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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Girardot JRollin F(1987)The syntax of APL, an old approach revisitedACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/384282.2837117:4(441-449)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1987
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