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APL (A Programming Language) is an [[wp:Array_programming|array oriented]], [[Functional_programming|functional]], interactive programming language created and developed by [[wp:Kenneth_E._Iverson|Kenneth Iverson]] in the 1960's. It uses a large range of special graphic symbols to represent functions and operators, giving very concise code.<ref>[[wp:APL_(programming_language)|APL Wikipedia Entry]]</ref> It influenced many other programming languages such as [[J]] and [[Mathematica]].

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