A Programming Language (APL)

Created: Mar 12, 2020 by Pradeep Gowda Updated: Nov 04, 2023 Tagged: programming-language · apl

APL – a Glimpse of Heaven (2006); via Mar 2019.
PL and J by Ben Lynn; via HN.
A History of APL in 50 Functions
APL At Its Core - Anthony Cipriano; July 2018.
Getting Started with APL
The Problem With APLs • Hillel Wayne [Feb 2018] – “In summary: when working with an APL finding the right primitive is really tough, and verb classification and a better phrasebook would go a long way towards fixing that.” NuVoc referenced within.
APL Style: Patterns/Anti-patterns via \@doublec.
AMA: Explaining my 750 line compiler+runtime designed to GPU self-host APL | Hacker News via Smaller Code, Better Code | Hacker News
Vector, the Journal of the British APL Association
Smaller code, Better code – discussion
APL Papers and Reports — Software Preservation Group
A History of APL in 50 Functions, HN.
APL and me
APL\3000 – HP Journal – July 1977 [pdf]

kdb, Q etc.,

kdb+ 3.5 released last month | Lambda the Ultimate. Good links.
Kx Systems Announces Financial Industry’s First Platform for Acquiring, Analyzing and Managing [Pricing info]
Kdb+ and Python: embedPy and PyQ | Kx Systems – HN
Morgan-Stanley/hobbes: A language and an embedded JIT compiler
Q for Mortals
kona/0.c at master · kevinlawler/kona
Morgan-Stanley/hobbes: A language and an embedded JIT compiler – Morgan Stanley in recent years has used Hobbes where they’d previously used kdb. LtU Discussion, HN Discussion; Author.
Shakti, the new data platform from Arthur Whitney | Hacker News
Trying to demystify K/Q/kdb+ | Pierre Beaucamp
kcc/kparc – +/∞ - kcc
ref/kparc – +/kei | K reference card

APL learning resources

APL like languages