APL

APL (A Programming Language) uses a set of special symbols to operate on whole arrays extremely concisely. A one-line program can do what takes pages in other languages. Influential in scientific and financial computing.

• Creado por Kenneth E. Iverson
• Año 1966
• Paradigma: Array · functional
• Extensiones: .apl, .dyalog

Para qué se usa

• Scientific computing
• Financial analysis
• Array processing

A favor

• Incredibly concise
• Powerful with arrays
• Math-expressive

En contra

• Cryptic symbols
• Hard to read
• Needs a special keyboard

Ecosistema

• Dyalog APL
• GNU APL
• NARS2000

Ejemplo

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