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== APL on large vector machines ==

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Howdy, folks!

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I was a bit surprised that no mention was made of the APL*STAR programming language on the Control Data STAR supercomputer (evolved into the ETA 10 super). A description of the language can be found here: [http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl/Books/197409_APL%20Star%20Reference%20Manual_19980800B.pdf APL STAR reference manual]

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It's interesting from a historical standpoint because the original STAR-100 super was a wide-bandwidth pipelined vector processor. Scalar operations were essentially performed as vectors of length 1. What killed performance was the startup time for a vector operation. Something that Gene Amdahl said on the subject eludes my memory at the time. Later versions of the hardware included a dedicated scalar unit.

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<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_STAR-100</ref>

[[Special:Contributions/63.155.119.22|63.155.119.22]] ([[User talk:63.155.119.22|talk]]) 21:18, 15 January 2021 (UTC)Chuck

Example:Fixed typos, added contents, synching linked contents, syntax systems

fix sourcing, added archive [[User:Zuradr|Zuradr]] ([[User talk:Zuradr|talk]]) 19:27, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

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== apl.kmx ==

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I created a Keyman keyboard for APL. [https://www.dropbox.com/s/pnrv9rgwoisevbw/apl.kmx?dl=0][https://keyman.com] [[Special:Contributions/92.9.35.203|92.9.35.203]] ([[User talk:92.9.35.203|talk]]) 09:38, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

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Is Snap! really based on APL? Is it vandalism?

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== promotional material from 1976 ==

[[:File:I like APL graphic.jpg|Promotional material for APL from 1976]]

I see the image I added [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=APL_(programming_language)&diff=next&oldid=833265404 was removed] with the comment "Remove promotional material poster - no benefit to the article and overly dominates page". I rather like the image, and think that it makes the page less overwhelmingly dominated by text. I also think that the article benefits from some colour, and the '70s style of the image contextualizes an important time in the development of APL. It is not unusual for an article of this length to have a few pictures, and I think that the picture is beneficial to the article. If other people do not agree with me, please discuss it here before removing the picture again. Thanks! --[[User:Keithonearth|Keithonearth]] ([[User talk:Keithonearth|talk]]) 17:44, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

: You are right - I removed it somewhat [[WP:BOLD]]ly as I was working through structuring the article (having found it a bit incoherent and hard to follow) and I should have found a way to reincorporate it - it had been my aim, after all, to find a more logical flow for the content without making any substantive modifications other than positioning. I do think the size of the image as it currently is on the article page is a bit imposing and it could perhaps be shrunk as it <s>is</s> ''was'' here and remain perfectly clear; maybe also it's not in the best place where it is. There is more I would like see done to restructure, reference and expand this article but I wanted to see what kind of reaction there was before pursuing it further myself, so thank you for the feedback! [[User:Dorsetonian|Dorsetonian]] ([[User talk:Dorsetonian|talk]]) 09:23, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

::Thanks for the comment, and the work on the page. I still don't feel like the image at it's present size dominates the page, but I'm only too happy for it to be moved anywhere on the page that you feel fit. --[[User:Keithonearth|Keithonearth]] ([[User talk:Keithonearth|talk]]) 07:28, 3 April 2018 (UTC)