Publisher's Synopsis
This introduction to APL - an interactive data processing language in commerce, industry and academia - takes an application-oriented approach and draws on the authors' practical experience.;Commencing with the development of APL, its characteristics and areas of application, the text offers a review of the APL character set, as well as the criteria for the classification of APL functions and operators, which are additionally classified in terms of application areas. In the section discussing APL programming, attention is paid to definition of functions, executing a defined function, error handling and managing current workspace.;The book then examines selected examples to show how APL is used in different commercial applications, and demonstrates advanced programming techniques and the use of APL standard software. Exercises are provided for those wishing to work through the book on a step-by-step basis, with summaries of the most important APL functions, systems variables, system functions and control commands.
