ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad · 2007 · 50 citations · 3 references
ComputingComputer ScienceInstructionLanguage DocumentationProgramming LanguagesSyntaxAbstract Syntax TreesDictionary CompilationLanguage DescriptionLexical AnalysisSyntax AnalysisImperative Language Design
APL is a formal, imperative language. Because it is imperative, a sentence may be called an instruction, and may be executed to produce a result. In illustrations used here, an instruction will be indented, and the result of its execution will be shown on the following line without indentation.
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