Advent of Computing: Episode 184 - What Is A Programming Language?
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Episode 184 - What Is A Programming Language?
Episode 184 - What Is A Programming Language?
Jun 21, 2026
I mean that both in the specific and the abstract. This episode<br>we are looking at APL, which stands for A Programming Language. APL<br>was developed in the mid 50s, but didn't see a working<br>implementation until 1965. It's a language that truly looks like no<br>others, but has some odd parallels to everything from BASIC to LISP<br>to linear algebra.
Learn<br>APL at: tryapl.org
https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APL.htm - A Programming<br>Language
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