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APL syntax and semantics

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Kenneth E. IversonAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad, Volume 13, Issue 3

Pages 223 - 231

https://doi.org/10.1145/390005.801221

Published: 01 March 1983 Publication History

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This paper presents a working model of APL syntax and semantics that incorporates explicit representations of functions, operators, and syntax, thus providing a basis for the clear and explicit statement of extended facilities in the language, as well as a tool for experimentation upon them. Use of the model is illustrated in the treatment of the syntax of operators, and in the discussion of a number of new or recently-proposed facilities including indirect assignment, the operators axis, derivative, inverse, and til, and the functions link, and from. The entire model is included in an appendix.

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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
Iverson K(1987)APL87ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/384282.2832317:4(64-68)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1987
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/384282.28323
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APL syntax and semantics
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Formal language definitions
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language types
2. Theory of computation
  1. Formal languages and automata theory

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ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad Volume 13, Issue 3

March 1983

276 pages

ISSN:0163-6006

DOI:10.1145/390005

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APL '83: Proceedings of the international conference on APL
April 1983
298 pages
ISBN:0897910958
DOI:10.1145/800062
Chairman:
Tom Puckett,
Editors:
Laurie A. Russell,
David M. Weintraub

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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 01 March 1983

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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
Iverson K(1987)APL87ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/384282.2832317:4(64-68)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1987
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/384282.28323
Iverson K(1987)APL87Proceedings of the international conference on APL: APL in transition10.1145/28315.28323(64-68)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1987
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/28315.28323
Naugle RSchlam JKallin S(1984)Polyvalent functions, operators, strand notation and their precedenceProceedings of the international conference on APL10.1145/800058.801106(247-254)Online publication date: 11-Jun-1984
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Iverson KPesch RSchueler JKallin S(1984)An operator calculusProceedings of the international conference on APL10.1145/800058.801101(213-218)Online publication date: 11-Jun-1984
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Naugle RSchlam J(1984)Polyvalent functions, operators, strand notation and their precedenceACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad10.1145/384283.80110614:4(247-254)Online publication date: 1-Jun-1984
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