1. APL - Noun
2. APL - Proper noun
APL (uncountable)
(oncology, hematology) Initialism of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
Synonym: APML
(astronomy, NASA, physics) Abbreviation of Applied Physics Laboratory (a Johns Hopkins University laboratory)
(physics, US) Abbreviation of Applied Physics Laboratory (at the University of Washington)
(computer languages) An early programming language using mathematically derived symbols for many of its operations.
APL (plural APLs)
(Scouting) Initialism of assistant patrol leader.
APL (uncountable)
(oncology, hematology) Initialism of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
Synonym: APML
APL (plural APLs)
(Scouting) Initialism of assistant patrol leader.
APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums. Edsger W. Dijkstra
Boss: You forgot to assign the result of your map!Hacker: Dang, I'm always forgetting my assignations...Boss: And what's that 'goto' doing there?!?Hacker: Er, I guess my finger slipped when I was typing 'getservbyport'...Boss: Ah well, accidents will happen. Maybe we should have picked APL. Larry Wall
So far we've managed to avoid turning Perl into APL. Larry Wall
Advocates of APL claim that the examples of so-called "write-only code" (badly written and almost incomprehensible code) are almost invariably examples of poor programming practice or novice mistakes, which can occur in any language. Source: Internet
Advocates of APL also claim that they are far more productive with APL than with more conventional computer languages, and that working software can be implemented in far less time and with far fewer programmers than using other technology. Source: Internet
APL In 1965, the Army contracted with the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) of Johns Hopkins University to develop and implement a test and evaluation program. Source: Internet