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:There was never a programming language called "A Programming Language." The language is called APL and was named in tribute to a book titled ''A Programming Language'' by Ken Iverson, describing a similar notation. The name "APL" is not an [[initialism]]. –[[User:Shoaler|Shoaler]] ([[User talk:Shoaler|talk]]) 16:52, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
::This is, in a sense, true, but many APL users typically explain that it stands for "A Programming Language". More recently the [[ACM]]'s SIGAPL has interpreted the latters to stand fot "Array Programing Langauges". [[User:DESiegel|DES]] [[User talk:DESiegel|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 02:07, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
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Iverson notation was not invented to describe machines. Iverson himself wrote
(in the J Dictionary):
:APL originated in an attempt to provide consistent notation for the teaching and analysis of topics related to the application of computers, and developed through its use in a variety of topics, and its implementation in computer systems.
Also, the phrase "to document the IBM 360 microcode architecture" is problematic.
The opening sentence in the Falkoff, Iverson & Sussenguth paper says
: This paper presents a precise formal descriptioni of a complete computer system, the IBM SYSTEM/360.
The problems are:
: It is the IBM System/360
: It is not a replacement for the existing documentation
: I don't believe that at the time that microcode was used in the implementation
[[User:Roger Hui|Roger Hui]] 15:45, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
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